The 9 Best Books of the Year by Latino Authors!

A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez

After wildly successful novels like How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Times of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez changes pace with A Wedding in Haiti, a memoir about her relationship with Haitian farmer Piti. As a Domincian hailing from the much wealthier of the neighboring countries, Alvarez’s friendship with Piti is unusual. The poignant tale follows Alvarez on two trips that she takes to Haiti, the first in 2009 for Piti’s wedding and the second in the summer of 2010 after the horrific earthquake. The author recounts those things she witnesses that most deeply affect her and, of course, the bond that can be formed in the most unlikely circumstances.