PositiveThe Washington Independent Review of BooksWe Fed an Island is a cri de couer that is at once a how-to and a how-not-to guide on providing food relief ... Andrés and his co-author, Richard Wolffe, a columnist for the Guardian, do not mince words when describing the failures of organizations from FEMA to the Red Cross to aid these Americans’ recovery ... President Donald Trump is not spared a lashing, either ... In books like this one—written quickly and rushed to print for the sake of timeliness—revision and editing get short shrift. The authors lapse into numerous questions, sometimes whole paragraphs of them, to raise points. Some of the questions have no answers, while others are just Andrés scratching his head. Other times, questions are raised, then answered in the next sentence. On those occasions, questions make for weak transitions ... These quibbles asides, We Fed an Island is an important and informative read about the weak links in disaster relief.
