We found inspiration, laughter, tears, and guidance in these books. They are a variety of faith based and non-faith based options. Regardless, they are all excellent reads as you prepare for your trip with us. These books remind us of the larger community that supports the DR and Haiti, and how Una Vida fits in among the fight against poverty.

Faith Based

• God is No Stranger, Wally Turnbull
• How Much is Enough?, Arthur Smith
• A Hole in the Gospel, by Richard Stearns
• Good News About Injustice, by Gary A. Haugen
• The Revolution, by Heather Zydek
• The Irresistible Revolution, by Shane Claiborne
• Blue Like Jazz, by Donald Miller
• Crazy Love, by Francis Chan

International Development & Social Service

• Half the Sky: Turning Opression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• Development as Freedom, by Amartya Sen
• Creating a World Without Poverty, Muhummad Yunus
• Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Dominican Republic

• In the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez
• Before We Were Free, Julia Alvarez
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
• Why The Cocks Fight: Dominicans, Haitians, and the Struggle for Hispaniola, Michele Wucker
• The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargos Llosa and Edith Grossman
• Muddy Cup, by Barbara Fischkin

Haiti

• On That Day Everybody Ate: One Woman’s Story of Hope and Possibility in Haiti, Margaret Trost
• Pathologies of Power – Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor, Dr. Paul Farmer
• Mountains Beyond Mountains, by Traci Kidder
• Brother, I am Dying, Edwidge Danticant