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This book demonstrated so clearly emotional themes I have seen play out in the lives of loved ones in my life who are refugees from Rwanda. The themes were particularly relevant for those who are still young adults. I wish I had read it years ago. If someday Clemantine Wamariya decides to write another memoir reflecting on the decades of her life still to come, I will read it eagerly.

acaudill_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

xcgirl93's review against another edition

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challenging emotional medium-paced

4.5

"There’s a difference between story and experience. Experience is the whole mess, all that actually happened; a story is the pieces you string together, what you make of it, a guide to your own existence."

A very difficult but very important memoir of a young woman who, as a child and with her older sister, traveled through multiple refugee camps throughout several countries in Africa during the Rwanda Genocide. Clemantine, her sister Claire, and Claire's children are eventually granted refugee status and move to the United States where they must learn to reassemble their lives after years of turmoil and resiliency.

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challenging dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

3.75

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