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A girl named Lovely

In January 2010, a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, killing hundreds of thousands of people and paralyzing the country. Catherine Porter, a newly minted international reporter, was one of the first journalists on the ground in the earthquake's aftermath. Moments after she arrived in Haiti, Catherine found her first story. A ragtag group of volunteers told her about a "miracle child"-a three-year-old girl who had survived six days under the rubble and emerged virtually unscathed Catherine found the girl the next day, eating under a tree and being fawned over by volunteers, wearing a too-big pink corduroy skirt that slipped endearingly down her backside. Her family was a mystery; her future uncertain. All they knew was her name: Lovely. She seemed a symbol of Haiti-both hopeful and despairing. When Catherine learned that Lovely had been reunited with her family, she did what any journalist would do and followed the story. The cardinal rule of journalism is to remain objective and not become personally involved in the stories you report. But Catherine broke that rule on the last day of her second trip to Haiti. That day, Catherine made the simple decision to enroll Lovely in school, and to pay for it with her own money. Over the next five years, Catherine would visit Lovely and her family seventeen times, while also reporting on the country's struggles to harness the international rush of aid to "build back better," in the words of Bill Clinton. Each trip, Catherine's relationship with Lovely and her family became more involved and more complicated. The family had more children, and soon Catherine was funding tuition for four kids and rent for two families. Trying to balance her instincts as a mother and a journalist, and feeling increasingly like a human ATM, Catherine found herself struggling to align her worldview with the realities of Haiti after the earthquake.

Book  - 2019
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  • ISBN: 9781501168093
  • Physical Description 270 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2019.

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A Girl Named Lovely : One Child's Miraculous Survival and My Journey to the Heart of Haiti
A Girl Named Lovely : One Child's Miraculous Survival and My Journey to the Heart of Haiti
by Porter, Catherine
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A Girl Named Lovely : One Child's Miraculous Survival and My Journey to the Heart of Haiti

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Prologuep. xiii
Part 1
Chapter 1    The End of the Worldp. 3
Chapter 2    Personal Aftershocksp. 29
Chapter 3    Building Back Betterp. 41
Chapter 4    Crossing the Linep. 65
Chapter 5    Not Just One Girlp. 77
Chapter 6    Poto Mitan (Cornerstone)p. 95
Part 2
Chapter 7    Lovely in the Time of Cholerap. 119
Chapter 8    Whoever Is in Charge?p. 137
Chapter 9    Catastrophic Aidp. 153
Chapter 10    Chèche Lavi (Trying to Make a Living)p. 169
Part 3
Chapter 11    Lyla and Lovelyp. 185
Chapter 12    Bè Byen Se Fwèt (No Good Deed Goes Unpunished)p. 201
Chapter 13    Lave Men, Siye Atè (Wash Your Hands and Wipe them in the Dirt)p. 221
Chapter 14    Coming Homep. 237
Epiloguep. 257
Kreyòl Glossaryp. 261
Acknowledgmentsp. 265