A girl named Lovely : one child's miraculous survival and my journey to the heart of Haiti / Catherine Porter.

By:

Porter, Catherine, 1972 December 26-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Toronto : Simon and Schuster Canada, 2019Edition: Simon & Schuster Canada editionDescription: xiv, 270 pages : colour illustrations, mapContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1501168096 (pbk.)
9781501168093 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

972.94073 Porte 23

Summary: After an earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, Toronto Star reporter Catherine Porter found her first story moments after arriving in the earthquake's aftermath. A two-year-old girl named Lovely had survived six days under the debris and she was eventually reunited with her family. Catherine decided to enroll Lovely in school and to pay for it with money she and her Toronto Star readers donated. Over the next five years, Catherine continued to support Lovely and her family financially and she learned that although she couldn't fix every problem in Lovely's life, she could provide her with hope.

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After an earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, Toronto Star reporter Catherine Porter found her first story moments after arriving in the earthquake's aftermath. A two-year-old girl named Lovely had survived six days under the debris and she was eventually reunited with her family. Catherine decided to enroll Lovely in school and to pay for it with money she and her Toronto Star readers donated. Over the next five years, Catherine continued to support Lovely and her family financially and she learned that although she couldn't fix every problem in Lovely's life, she could provide her with hope.

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