"LauraWagnerhasmanagedtogetahugeamountofHaitiintothepagesofthisbook:thesun,therain,thebottomlessspiralofcatastrophe,rage,despairandindomitablehope."—MadisonSmarttBell,authorofAllSouls'Rising:ANovelofHaiti"InHaititheysay'Kreyòlpale,Kreyòlkonprann.'Speakplainlyandhonestly,andbeunderstood.LauraWagnerdoesjustthatinthisbrave,beautifulbook,bringingusthecomplexlifeofMagdalie,andaglimpseofapeople'ssoul."—JonathanM.Katz,authorofTheBigTruckThatWentBy:HowtheWorldCametoSaveHaitiandLeftBehindaDisaster"Haiti,alreadyoneofthepoorestcountriesintheworld,wasdevastatedbytheearthquakein2010.Thisisastoryofeverythingthatcomesafter:fromacandiddepictionoftheinternationalresponsetoayounggirl'saccountofwhatalifeofdesperationcandotoanindividualandtoasociety.Magdalie'sjourneyshowstheimportanceofconnections,offamilyandfriends,duringdifficulttimesandtheanguishthatcomeswhenthosebondsarebroken.Inherdebutnovel,LauraRoseWagnerhasmanagedtocapturethedevastationoflosswhileprovidingdeterminedhopefortheindividualandthenation.AnimportantreadforanyonewhowishestobetterunderstandtherealityoflifeinHaitiaftertheearthquake."—OpheliaDahl,executivedirectorofPartnersinHealthHoldTight,Don'tLetGofollowsthevividstoryoftwoteenagecousins,raisedassisters,whosurvivethedevastating2010earthquakeinHaiti.Afterlosingthewomanwhoraisedtheminthetragedy,MagdalieandNadinemustfendforthemselvesintheaftermathofthequake.Thegirlsareinseparable,makingthebestoftheirnewcircumstancesinarefugeecampwithanaffectionate,livelycamaraderie,untilNadine,whosefatherlivesinMiami,sendsforherbutnotMagdalie.Assheleaves,Nadinemakesapromiseshecannotkeep:tobringMagdalietoMiami,too.