Ben Fountain paints a vivid description of mid-coup Haiti in this engrossing story of love, political intrigue, and futile searches for long lost riches. The reefs are beautiful, the hospitals gruesome, the extremes a reminder that in times of political instability, circumstances can change drastically, and do, as the characters struggle for power — or learn to live without it.
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Hi! I'm a writer based in San Francisco. My first book, DOCTOR OLAF VAN SCHULER'S BRAIN (Algonquin, 2008), is a collection of linked short stories. My novel THE EXPERT OF SUBTLE REVISIONS comes out on March 18, 2025. More about me and my books on my website: www.kirstenmengeranderson.com
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Kirsten Menger-Anderson rated Educated: A Memoir: 5 stars
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Kirsten Menger-Anderson rated The Vulnerables: 5 stars
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Kirsten Menger-Anderson rated Paris Library: 5 stars

Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
Paris, 1939: Young and ambitious Odile Souchet seems to have the perfect life with her handsome police officer beau and …
Kirsten Menger-Anderson rated Cloud Cuckoo Land: 5 stars
Kirsten Menger-Anderson rated Automating Inequality: 5 stars

Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
A powerful investigative look at data-based discrimination—and how technology affects civil and human rights and economic equity
The State of …
Kirsten Menger-Anderson rated Weapons of Math Destruction: 5 stars

Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O'Neil
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to …