Song of Haiti
by Barry Paris
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Author: Barry ParisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-01
ISBN: 1891620134
Number of pages: 344
Publisher: PublicAffairs
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Book Review: Song of Haiti is In Tune
Summary: 5 Stars
The Song of Haiti is a tribute to the dream of Larimar Mellon, a man born to privilege and personal indulgence, who as full fledged adult on his own ranch in Arizona took into his heart a great desire to give all he had to the poor.
It tells how he rebuilt his life to give service by becoming a medical doctor and following the example of Albert Schweitzer, he found a people he could love without judgment in the Arbonite River Valley of Haiti.
The book shows what it took to build the facility and with what dedication he led his life with these people. He succeeded despite the many opportunities to fail by sharing his dream with his wife and his family. While he and Gwen are now gone to their reward, they are still there through their hospital, now staffed by locals and the family.
I loved the story, but I also loved the explanation of the people of that valley. It is easier to understand the fierce independence of the human spirit that exists in these people despite unbelievable hardships and repression by cruel overlords. In fact I guess the message is that the human spirit favors independence and self determination whether born to riches or in oppressing poverty.
It isn't money that makes the difference in us, not that life is easy without it, it is progress and self determination to choose wisdom and goodness.
I know three young men who are from DesChapelles. I see in their lives the fruit of Dr. Mellon's self appointed mission. While he can't take credit for their character, he probably can their career choice and their belief they can choose wisely. We should all be so good. What is precious is difficult to find if we fail to look where Dr. Mellon did. It is there in most all of us, but too few of us expend the effort to mine the depths of our souls for the precious gems that are there to find.
My book was in great shape. It is easy to read. There is no reason for us to sink in despair at the present state of our world. There is is every reason to work to improve it where we see it is needed.
Summary of Song of Haiti
An inspiring account by an acclaimed biographer of the lives of Larimer and Gwendolyn Mellon, who used their initiative and their wealth to build the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in the Artibonite Valley of Haiti, a place where life expectancy was once the lowest in the hemisphere.. Larimer Mellon was the youngest son of Paul Mellon, renowned Pittsburgh financier, and seemed destined for a life of high finance and high society. Instead, he went to med-school and, upon graduating, moved with his wife Gwen to Haiti, the poorest country in the hemisphere. In one of the most isolated and impoverished areas of the country they built a hospital, and for the rest of his life Larry Mellon served as a physician there. To this day, Gwen Mellon remains at the hospital and in Haiti. Song of Haiti is a beautifully written look at the passion that drove this couple, and that inspired them to leave behind a world of almost unfathomable wealth and luxury and devote their lives to the poorest of the poor in a country far from home.Medical Books
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