A Memoir by Jean Maxeau Boursiquot
A Resident Alien
In Search Of A Home
Often just a step from death. Time after time the Lord saved Maxeau.
Born prematurely in a Haitian village, given up for dead and almost buried, Jean Maxeau Boursiquot spent the next three decades never far from danger: a head injury with no doctor to treat it, Baby Doc’s brutal police, the Miami mafia. Time after time the Lord saved him.
319 PAGES • NON-FICTION MEMOIR
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THE NARRATIVE
One Life, Four Countries,
One Search
A Resident Alien In Search Of A Home follows Maxeau from a childhood in La Vallee, Haiti, to New York City, Miami, Las Vegas, and back again. It is the story of an immigrant learning a strange country, looking for honest work, searching for God, and hoping for a home of his own. Readers have called it spellbinding, hard to put down, and, above all, true.
THE AUTHOR
The Man Behind
the Story
Jean Maxeau Boursiquot was born in La Vallee, Haiti, in November 1965 and immigrated to the United States in 1985. Four years later he met the Lord and surrendered his life to God. Today he lives in Belleville, Pennsylvania, with his wife Martha and their four children, works as a tax accountant, and serves on the board of Christian Financial Aid Haiti.
HUMANITARIAN MISSION
Giving Back
to Haiti
Jean Maxeau Boursiquot is a founding member and Board Member, Communications Director of Christian Financial Aid Haiti (CFAH), a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. CFAH provides zero-interest micro-loans to small farmers and entrepreneurs in Haiti, offering opportunity rather than dependency. The country he left has never left him.
READER REFLECTIONS
What Readers Are Saying
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5
Captivating story
“Gives interesting details about life in Haiti, and an immigrant’s view of coming to America. Interesting insights on overcoming racism. Heartwarming story of the author’s spiritual journey.”
NATHANAEL GROFF
★★★★★ Rated 5 out of 5
Wonderful book!
“This is an awesome book of one man’s life journey beginning with his difficult birth, moving thru illnesses, frailty, rebellion, trouble, trials, tribulations, salvation, and ultimate contentment in the Lord. Captivating and hard to put down. You won’t be disappointed!”
K. CARPER
THE MEMOIR
Read the Story
A Resident Alien In Search Of A Home. 319 pages. Available as a PDF ebook, an audiobook, or a paperback.