The blog

Coming soon

This is where Rodel will write in his own time and at his own length — notes from building a social enterprise in the Philippines, letters answering the questions readers send, and the parts of the story that did not fit inside 113 pages.

It is not open yet, and there is no date on it. Rather than fill the space with filler, here is what is planned:

• Letters to readersReal questions from people who read the book, answered properly rather than in a caption.
• Notes from the enterpriseWhat running Coco Deli actually involves — the farmers, the failures, the parts that make the book’s argument concrete.
• The chapters that were cutMaterial written for the book that did not make the final 113 pages.
• Working overseasOn the particular kind of hold that a life gets put into when you leave to support people you love.

In the meantime

There is a good amount to read already. The essays cover the questions people most often arrive with, and the opening of the book is here in full.