MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS by Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder, author of such bestselling books as the college common reading classic Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World and the new, critically-lauded Strength in What Remains, has penned an interesting op-ed in The New York Times about the current crisis in Haiti, offering some much needed historical context.
You can read the article here.
My mother, who works for Water.org, recently recommended this book to me as well.