Reviews

I Die, But the Memory Lives on by Henning Mankell

emurph09's review

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

Africa is always a conflict of opposites, of urban muddle and vast, empty regions.

merveben's review against another edition

3.0

I really liked the idea of the the memory books. It is a really emotional topic, which in my opinion has not been discussed sensitive enough. Maybe it was, but I just didn't feel it. I expected more information on the memory books and more stories of parents and their children.

aotora's review

5.0

The author went to Africa to hear the stories of people dying from AIDS. At the end you can also see an example of the memory book that people write there- They write about their children's past and their feelings for them so that their kids have something to remember them from after they pass on.

I love the idea of memory books though. Especially for kids that lost their parents before they really got to know them. So this is a really nice short but incredibly sad read.