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Dear Haiti, Love Alaine
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When a school presentation goes very wrong, Alaine Beauparlant finds herself suspended, shipped off to Haiti, and writing the report of a lifetime....
You might ask the obvious question: What do I, a 17-year-old Haitian American from Miami with way too little life experience, have to say about anything?
Actually, a lot.
Thanks to "the incident" (don’t ask), I’m spending the next two months doing what my school is calling a "spring volunteer immersion project." It’s definitely no vacation. I’m toiling away under the ever-watchful eyes of Tati Estelle at her new nonprofit. And my lean-in queen of a mother is even here to make sure I do things right. Or she might just be lying low to dodge the media sharks after a much more public incident of her own...and to hide a rather devastating secret.
All things considered, there are some pretty nice perks...like flirting with Tati’s distractingly cute intern, getting actual face time with my mom, and experiencing Haiti for the first time. I’m even exploring my family’s history - which happens to be loaded with betrayals, superstitions, and possibly even a family curse.
You know, typical drama. But it’s nothing I can’t handle.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-16-20
Awesome representation of Haiti and it’s rich juicy history
I loved this story and the breadth and depth in its telling. Alaine is quirky character and the twists and turns in her tale kept me engaged throughout the entire book.
My only negative would be the fact that the person reading it read in a French accent rather than a Haitian one and that bothered me because if I wanted to listen to a book in French I wouldn’t have picked up something called “Dear Haiti”. Please be considerate of your audience and find a Haitian narrator.
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- Catie
- 09-10-19
a beautiful YA epistolary novel
I’m so glad I read Dear Haiti, Love Alaine! I received a digital review copy from NetGalley and Inkyard Press (Harlequin) in exchange for an honest review. I loved this novel so much that, after reading the eARC, I pre-ordered both a finished copy and the audiobook, and listened to it, in full, in the two days after its release. (Bahni Turpin narrates the audiobook and is wonderful, as usual.)
Alaine Beauparlant is super-smart, ambitious, and curious, traits that seem to serve her well and land her in trouble in equal measure. Thanks to the Moulites’ stunning writing and character development, Alaine feels true-to-life from the first page, growing more even complex and thoughtful as the story progresses. This is an epistolary novel featuring diary entries, emails, postcards, news articles, and transcripts of conversations, and the variety in form and voice made the 430-ish pages fly by.
Alaine is the daughter of Haitian immigrants. She lives with her (single) father, Jules, in Miami, where he works as a psychiatrist and she attends a progressive Catholic school. Her mother, Celeste, is a high-profile TV journalist living and working in Washington, D.C., and she has never been a consistent or accessible figure in Alaine’s life. Celeste's twin, Alaine’s Tati Estelle, is an influential woman in Haiti who works as both the Minister of Tourism and the CEO of a charitable start-up. After her mom's career hits a road-bump, Alaine hits one of her own. In the aftermath, her dad sends her to Haiti to intern with Estelle at her company, PATRON PAL, which connects donors ("patrons") with bright Haitian children in need (“pals")—a sort of 21st century version of a "sponsor a child" charity, gamified and made accessible by a smartphone app. While in Haiti, Alaine seeks to learn more about her family and its role in Haitian history (for both her own edification and a school assignment), and, naturally, learns a great deal about herself and her immediate family in the process.
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine is a standout debut. A powerful depiction of family legacies and secrets, and a loving portrait of both Alaine (full of heart, dry wit, and good intentions) and the country and people of Haiti. This will be a great fit for readers who enjoy heartfelt, intricately-crafted young adult fiction and the work of Elizabeth Acevedo, Ashley Herring Blake, Deb Caletti, and Brandy Colbert.
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- SkySky
- 10-04-20
Love Bahni but that’s it
I decided to listen to this audiobook because I love Bahni Turpin’s narration but this story didn’t do it for me.
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- OwlLover
- 09-19-20
Fun listen, great main character
I enjoyed Alaine's voice. She is smart, a thinker, and a bit impulsive. Her youth is not a mark against her character, and she is allowed to grow throughour the book. The switches between diary entries, present tense, and letters was a little tricky to follow sometimes, but overall it's a fun listen. Great to learn a bit about Haiti and see the immigrant experience as well as the return "home." Some important themes could have been explored more and it feels like it could have been a longer book, but the length is probably appropriate for YA. I'm pre-ordering One of the Good ones.
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- Kari
- 07-20-22
great story, but hard to follow on audio
I love Bahni Turpin and this book was a super fun story, but I found myself getting confused and lost with the jumping back and forth between emails, flashbacks, text messages, and regular diary entries. If I had read this in ebook or physical book, I might have followed along better. Overall, it was a decent contemporary YA.
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-20-22
Read the book vs listening on audible
Kudos to the authors for a cute book with content us Haitian-American could identify with. The narration, however, was terrible- it should have been someone who knows the pronunciation of the basics like “Fritay”. The audio version could have done without the accent, because none of our aunts or uncles sound like that and was just unnecessary.
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- Leah Johnson
- 01-12-22
Little torn
Alaine gets so annoying by the end, but I enjoyed the characters overall. The performance was beautiful.
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- Dr. H
- 12-23-21
Lively story about Haitian Family
This title is deceiving as it really does not talk much about Haiti but is more about family dynamics. Alaine is pompous and arrogant. Story attempts to weave in Haitian curse but does a poor job.
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- Kimberly Hodges
- 09-20-21
excellent
everything about this production was excellent. we'll written. educational from a cultural and historical context. funny. enjoyable. relevant. really awesome narration.
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- Meka
- 09-18-21
A good read for young readers!
I'm usually a non fiction reader but previewing books to pass on to my children and niece.This book fits the bill easy entertaining listen and while some subject matters are adult in nature they are handled in a way that's not overly graphic which I'm thankful for.If you have young readers 13 and up this would be a good choice.As a a warning there is a story line about sexual abuse but its done in a manner that its implied with out and raunchy expletives