REVIEW: Tears for the Mountain

Crying for Haiti Ended Long Ago
Review: Tears for the Mountain
 
Steve Royek
Tears for the Mountain
Chris Rakunas
Nonfiction
Divertir Publishing, pp. 173
Cost: $14.95

In the United States, where our national attention span seems to coincide with the length of a half-hour TV sitcom, it’s no surprise that the deadly, destructive earthquake in Haiti has disappeared from our national consciousness.

The January 12, 2010 quake killed more than 100,000 men, women and children and  left tens of thousands more homeless.  News reports at the time told of office building collapses in the capital of Port-au-Prince that buried scores of people alive under tons of debris.  In the days and weeks that followed, orphaned children wandered the streets and roaming gangs enforced vigilante justice while looting homes and businesses for food and valuables.

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