Talk to Me: Lessons from a Family Forged by History is Rich Benjamin’s account of the coup that ended his grandfather’s Haitian presidency, the secrecy that shrouded his family’s resulting wound, and his efforts to know his mother despite her painful past. Benjamin describes the emotional pain of his childhood and explores the turmoil that shaped his family, bringing a powerful story to light. In Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars, Peter Godwin longs for his childhood in Zimbabwe, where he was born and where his mother, now dying, was a doctor. He reflects on his time as a war journalist and life in New York with his English wife and transatlantic children, and comes to terms with everything his family was – and wasn’t. In The Eternal Forest: A Memoir of the Cuban Diaspora, Elena Sheppard – the first in her family of Cuban exiles to be born in the United States – takes readers inside her Cuban grandparents’ stories, weaving past and present and discovering family secrets on the brink of being lost to time. Moderated by Georgina Godwin, broadcast journalist at Monocle Radio.
Buy Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars – Godwin
Buy The Emergency: A Novel – Packer