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Writer and journalist Irving (This American Life) presents a reflective memoir focused on her childhood in Haiti with her Baptist missionary parents. Between the ages of six to 15, Irving mainly lived in a missionary compound in Limbe, northern Haiti, near the busy Good Samaritan Hospital. Irving's father was an idealistic agronomist, whose ambitious plans to help reforest Haiti, improve the soil, and reduce erosion often ended ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More