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A review by ljesica
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maritza Moulite, Maika Moulite
3.0
Alaine is a senior in high school. She is a first generation Haitian American. She lives with her dad in Miami and her mom is a political tv personality living in DC. She knows her mom is busy but longs for the day they can have a closer relationship.
Alaine is sassy and smart and has a low tolerance for the BS that goes on with the popular kids in high school. After a stunt gone wrong, she agrees to finish her semester in Haiti, doing volunteer work in lieu of being suspended.
Her mom is also in Haiti after slapping a politician on live tv. She is staying with her twin sister Estelle in the family's estate. Estelle runs an organization that helps raise money for the children of Haiti and Alaine is there to help out.
This story was a lot of things. It talks about growing up, family dynamics, early onset Alzheimer's, vodou in relation to their family curse, guilt and moving on. It is a love letter to Haiti, and a reminder that they are still recovering from the earthquake that hit them 10 years ago. It wasn't necessarily what I thought it would be but I liked it!
Alaine is sassy and smart and has a low tolerance for the BS that goes on with the popular kids in high school. After a stunt gone wrong, she agrees to finish her semester in Haiti, doing volunteer work in lieu of being suspended.
Her mom is also in Haiti after slapping a politician on live tv. She is staying with her twin sister Estelle in the family's estate. Estelle runs an organization that helps raise money for the children of Haiti and Alaine is there to help out.
This story was a lot of things. It talks about growing up, family dynamics, early onset Alzheimer's, vodou in relation to their family curse, guilt and moving on. It is a love letter to Haiti, and a reminder that they are still recovering from the earthquake that hit them 10 years ago. It wasn't necessarily what I thought it would be but I liked it!