A Most Anticipated Book from: Oprah’s Book Club, Foreign Policy, Literary Hub, Publishers Weekly, and Traci Thomas on SheReads

 

“A brilliant, absorbing book, a family story, a tale of power, exile, and calamity. And it’s also a no-holds-barred autobiography. I couldn’t stop reading.” 

Salman Rushdieauthor of Knife

 

"Unflinching...A poignant critique of America's impact on migrants and the enduring bonds of family."
— Oprah Daily

 

“Rare is the memoir that allows us a window into the deeply personal fallout of very public, world-historical moments in history. So it is with Benjamin’s Talk to Me.”
— Literary Hub


“This brutal, spellbinding tale is at once a searing domestic drama and an illuminating glimpse at Haiti’s history. Readers will be rapt.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“[Benjamin’s] training as a cultural anthropologist shines through in his extensive research, and he renders history in lush, expressive detail… Ultimately, Benjamin's book succeeds as both a political history of twentieth-century Haiti and a compelling family saga.”
—Booklist

 

"Talk to Me is a revelation. As unflinching as it is tender, it is the story of a nation and an intimate portrayal of a family. This is a son's homage to a complex, brilliant woman and a letter of longing to a Haiti that might have been, and could still become."
Maaza Mengisteauthor of The Shadow King, finalist for the Booker Prize

 

“Talk to Me is a tour-de-force! You will not be able to put it down!”
Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters

 

“An evocative, wise memoir of a multilayered search for roots.”
—Kirkus, starred review

 

“Rich Benjamin contains multitudes. The grandson of a president of Haiti, son of an Ivy League graduate, gifted with a brilliant mother. Now he's written an eloquent, Argos-eyed love letter.”
Edmund Whiteauthor of The Humble Lover