Please join us for a small group book discussion with the author of God Loves Haiti: A Novel.
A native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias Léger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life after an earthquake devastates their city.
The expectation for the meeting is that all the participants have read the book and have great questions and ideas to discuss with the author and attendees.
Date: Sunday, November 14, 2021
Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Pacific Time
Location: Zoom Call (Link sent day of event)
Tickets: FREE
Questions about the book discussion:
Max Hunter, HDS 2003, GSA 2004, AM 2006, EDM 2007
maxahunter@yahoo.com
About the book:
God Loves Haiti: A Novel
by Dimitry Elias Léger, KSG 2006
Amazon Smile
https://smile.amazon.com/Loves-Haiti-Dimitry-Elias-L%C3%A9ger/dp/0062348159
A native of Haiti, Dimitry Elias Léger makes his remarkable debut with this story of romance, politics, and religion that traces the fates of three lovers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the challenges they face readjusting to life after an earthquake devastates their city.
Reflecting the chaos of disaster and its aftermath, God Loves Haiti switches between time periods and locations, yet always moves closer to solving the driving mystery at its center: Will the artist Natasha Robert reunite with her one true love, the injured Alain Destiné, and live happily ever after? Warm and constantly surprising, told in the incandescent style of José Saramago and Roberto Bolaño, and reminiscent of Gabriel García Márquez’s hauntingly beautiful Love in The Time of Cholera, God Loves Haiti is an homage to a lost time and city, and the people who embody it.
Dimitry Elias Léger, KSG 2006
Linkedin bio
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitry-elias-l%C3%A9ger-3972142/
Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, Dimitry has held leadership positions in corporate communications, digital marketing, and journalism strategies for over 20 years in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and South America, working in French, Spanish, and English. He has worked for companies like Vanguard, the financial services giant, and nonprofit organizations like the United Nations and World Economic Forum. His hobbies include basketball, biking, and writing fiction. His debut novel GOD LOVES HAITI was published by HarperCollins in 2015 and was nominated for Pen America’s Open Book award. The French translation will be published in September 2021 by Caraibes Editions.
God Loves Haiti: A Novel
New York Times Book Review
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/books/review/new-books-by-emma-hooper-quan-barry-and-dimitry-elias-leger.html