Taste of Salt

Every Life Makes a StoryDjo has a story: Once he was one of Titid''s boys a vital member of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide''s election team fighting to overthrow military dictatorship in Haiti. Now he is barely alive the victim of a political firebombing.Jeremie has a story: Convent-educated Jeremie can climb out of the slums of Port-au-Prince. But she is torn between her mother''s hopes and her own wishes for herself ... and for Haiti.Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide has a story: A dream of a new Haiti one in which every person would have a decent life ... a house with a roof ... clean water to drink ... a good plate of rice and beans every day ... a field to work in.At Aristide''s request Djo tells his story to Jeremie -- for Titid believes in the power of all of their stories to make change. As Jeremie listens to Djo and to her own heart she knows that they will begin a new story one that is all their own together.