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On That Day, Everybody Ate: One Woman's Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti | 
 enlarge | Author: Margaret Trost
Creator: Paul Farmer
Publisher: Koa Books
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 45038
Media: Paperback
Pages: 168
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0977333892
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780977333899
ASIN: 0977333892
Publication Date: September 15, 2008
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Product Description
Margaret Trost was in her 30s when her husband died suddenly of asthma, leaving her to raise their young son alone. In despair, seeking meaning in her life and in her husband’s death, she accepted an invitation to visit Haiti as part of a pilgrimage of reverse mission, to serve the poor as a means to transform the providers. This is a moving account of her immersion in the West's most impoverished nation. Gently and viscerally, Trost describes her experiences in a hospice and in the horrific slums of Cite Soleil. As she struggles to make sense of such extreme conditions existing so near the US, readers discover with her the healing power of reaching out. In the process, we meet and come to love the eternally optimistic and enterprising Father Jean-Just, and the wise octogenarian Manmi Det, who teaches Margaret to work hard and also to play and to dance. And we have a front-row seat as this unlikely group of friends creates a food program for Haiti's children. In straightforward, conversational prose, with humility, candor, and love, Trost shares the story of a serendipitous flow of events that guided her on her passage from despair to hope.
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A superb gift for anyone you know. August 21, 2008
Leslie Fleming
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This extraordinarily sensitive rendering of a place and a people will move the hardest hearts and the most cynical of your acquaintances. It correctly depicts Haitians as intelligent, inventive, courageous, generous and dignified peope and thus gives Haitians the respect they are due. Author Margaret Trost's insights provide the reader with new ways of viewing the relationship between the wealthy world and the poor world. Trost is never condescending to the reader, is never self-promoting, is always honest. The Haitians Trost describes will raise the reader's hope for humanity. I'm going to gift it to everyone I know.
I'll be giving this to friends and famiy members September 5, 2008
sarah (Boston, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Like the author I travel regularly to a country where the poverty can be overwhelming. Her experiences and dilemmas rang true with mine, page after page. But amid the sadness and friends and desperation, the book finds enough hope and inspiration to keep it from being depressing. Even better, the author found a way to make a difference.
As I read the book, I thought about whether it would be good for my high-school age niece, who is starting to explore questions of global inequality and poverty. At the beginning I feared it would be too depressing for her, but it is not. It is also a quick read- well-written, not long, and with a compelling personal story. I'll be giving the book to my niece and to other friends and family members who want to understand poverty in the world, or are struggling with the contrast between our wealth and their poverty.
A Must Read August 21, 2008
Thomas Hendrickson
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a gem of a book. In these times of rising global poverty and starvation, Margaret Trost has created hope and vitality in an impoverished Haitian community by establishing a food and education program. Her story is beautifully written, bringing the reader into the one of the world's bleakest corners, and yet finding a people full of love and faith. Everyone I know who has read this book has wept. There are tears of sadness and joy, and I came away from reading this book inspired to do more to help those in need. Reading Margaret's book gives hope that the world can indeed become a better place.
A most moving story of how one person can change the lives of so many September 2, 2008
Grace Maina (Oakland, California, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I LOVE THIS BOOK! I am so inspired by this moving story. This book is a moving account of how one woman made a commitment that has changed the lives of many children and families in the impoverished country of Haiti. It is about the inspiration that many of us are seeking - to provide meaningful contribution to others through our lives. Her inspirations led Margaret to Haiti and to search for meaning; she connected with the most incredible pastor Fr. Jean Juste (Gerry) - a visionary of the caliber of King and Ghandi - a visionary who refuses to see anything other than light for his people...This story is of how she manifested his vision of food for the hungry children of his parish. I cried often reading what was for me a very moving and compassionate account of a woman's love for others. From a simple beginning, the "What If? Foundation" that Margaret Trost selflessly built out of her vision, provides children food and education that would otherwise not get even one meal each day. Basically Margaret brings hope to this forgotten part of the world being torn apart by politics.
I love this book and how inspired I feel when I read it. I highly recommend it as a book club/reading group selection, and for anyone that wants inspiration in their own lives. One doesn't need to be interested in politics or in Haiti in order to enjoy it. Beautifully written.
inspirational September 28, 2008
The Women Lawyers Coach (Arizona)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I rarely find time to read but when I do, I prefer to read real stories about real people. This is one of the most, if not thee most, inspirational real life stories I have read.
When I sat down to read the book, I told myself I had time to read about 30 pages. But, I could not put the book down and ended up reading it from cover to cover. That hasn't happened since I was a child. In addition to being inspirational, I also found the author's thoughts on how one comes to grips with living in abundance while so many live in extreme poverty, to be very insightful and thought provoking.
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