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    Never the Hope Itself: Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti
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    Never the Hope Itself: Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti
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    Never the Hope Itself: Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti

    By Gerry Hadden

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    A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR’s correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation’s first democratic transition of power, he witnesses both hope and uncertainty. But after 9/11, he finds himself documenting overlooked yet extraordinary events in a forgotten political landscape. As he reports on Colombia’s drug wars, Guatemala’s deleterious emigration, and Haiti’s bloody rebellion, Hadden must also make a home for himself in Mexico City, coming to terms with its ghosts and chasing down the love of his life, in a riveting narrative that reveals the human heart at the center of international affairs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 6, 2011
    ISBN9780062100658
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    Never the Hope Itself: Love and Ghosts in Latin America and Haiti

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    • 4/5
      Note: I won a copy of this book from the Goodreads First Reads giveaway program.

      Writing about what I read would probably be easier if I paused every once in a while to take proper notes. I stubbornly continue to neglect to tear my self away from a good book because I don't like to be pulled out of the story. I would rather bury myself in it. The characters. A sense of time. A sense of place. Gerry Hadden succeeded in making his experiences come alive on the page. Great for me. Bad for you because this "review" will suck.

      I don't spend a lot of time reading memoirs but it was interesting to get a behind-the-scenes look at what life was like working as NPR's foreign correspondent in Latin America and Haiti. Rootless. Stressful. Dangerous. Thrilling. I was less interested in his budding love life and his encounters with ghosts in Mexico City.