

Haiti After the Earthquake
Author: Paul Farmer, Edwidge Danticat
Narrator: Meryl Streep
Unabridged: 14 hr 7 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Published: 08/16/2011
Categories: Nonfiction, Medical, Social Science, Popular Culture Studies
Synopsis
In his own words, Farmer documents this effort, including the harrowing obstacles and the small triumphs. Despite an outpouring of aid, the challenges were astronomical. U.N. plans were crippled by Haiti’s fragile infrastructure and the death of U.N. staff members who had been based in Port-au-Prince. In chronicling the relief effort, Farmer draws attention to the social issues that made Haiti so vulnerable to this natural disaster.
Yet Farmer’s account is not a gloomy catalog of impenetrable problems. As devastating as Haiti’s circumstances are, its population manages to keep going. Farmer shows how, even in the barest camps, Haitians organize themselves, creating small businesses such as beauty parlors. His narrative is interwoven with stories from Haitians themselves and from doctors and others working on the ground. Ultimately this is a story of human endurance and humility in difficult circumstances and seemingly overwhelming odds.