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The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain – a fictionalized presentation of Ernest Hemingway’s years in Paris with his first wife, Hadley – was very interesting and led me to reread Hemingway’s “A Moveable Feast.”
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Pastor Jean Enock Joseph (c.) visits one of his projects in Croix-des-Bouquets, just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital.
Jean Enock Joseph teaches self-help to lift Haiti
Pastor Jean Enock Joseph doesn't shy from Haiti's toughest problems. His message: Haitians have the ability to help themselves.
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