Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee

Read: February 2018

Rating: Why posthumously publish an ideologically dated, clearly unfinished manuscript in need of another draft (or two)? Two words: cash grab.

Same-premise-better-book Recommendation: “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett

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Things at Site That Make Me Feel Chiwahi

• Having a man or woman excitedly tell me the plans for their farm. 
• The peacefulness of getting drinking water from a natural spring and hearing the wind blow through the trees.
• Inflecting a joke the right way during a meeting and making everyone laugh. 
• The first few bites of a ripe, fresh-from-the-fields pineapple.
• Being surprised by a sky full of stars at night while going outside to pee.

Things at Site that Make Me Feel Chatama

• The persistent loneliness that comes with moving to a new place. 
• Careless insults thrown by inebriated men (or presumably sober adolescents)
• Having to give up on speaking local language mid-conversation and feeling deflated. 
• The rush of jealously, quickly followed by guilt, when hearing from a fellow volunteer who is doing really well.
• The sound of mice crawling through a backpack just as the lights go off.