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hsegdash's review against another edition
5.0
@sandrauwiringiyimana Your story has been heard. Deborah's memory continues.
emfj's review against another edition
challenging
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4.0
madmollyann's review against another edition
5.0
This is an incredible story of “how hatred failed and how love and justice prevailed.” This strong young women came through a tragedy to bring strength and hope to a broken world. The author reads the audio book, which adds even more to the experience. You will laugh, and you will weep. And weep. And weep. A must read.
katemcm2's review against another edition
5.0
This really was a powerful book. A horrible massacre in a refuge camp in Africa changed the author's life. There is vivid imagery where the author shares both the beautiful and the horrible memories of Africa, where she was raised. It provides a perspective and world view that is valuable and authentic. I especially enjoy her meeting with Michelle Obama and her perspective on the value of an education. This story inspires hope and fights against hate.
kays_reading_journal's review against another edition
This is a memoir about Uwiringiyimana’s life after a massacre in Gatumba that killed 20% of the camp, including the authors little sister.
“I remember thinking: how dare the sun rise, as if it were any other day, after such a gruesome night.”
“I hope this book inspires more people to stand up for the voiceless. Don’t let your silence be another person‘s death. Fight for each other is the only way we all win.”
Justice still has not been had for Gatumba. The man who admitted to it is still Vice President of the National Assembly in Burundi.
“I remember thinking: how dare the sun rise, as if it were any other day, after such a gruesome night.”
“I hope this book inspires more people to stand up for the voiceless. Don’t let your silence be another person‘s death. Fight for each other is the only way we all win.”
Justice still has not been had for Gatumba. The man who admitted to it is still Vice President of the National Assembly in Burundi.
lormurenzi's review against another edition
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4.0
eshanicole's review against another edition
The story started off great, but once the author got to the U.S, the story became a bit too matter of fact for me. I didn’t feel any emotion attached to the story, even though it was, objectively speaking, an emotional time. There was depth missing from the way it was told.
zhelana's review against another edition
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4.5
When she was a child Sandra Uwiringiyimana survived the massacre of her people, though her younger sister did not survive. She then moves to a refugee camp and then the United States. Once here, she becomes an outspoken woman for the rights of refugees left in Africa. She suffers from CPTSD and survivor's guilt, and struggles between acting like an American and acting like a member of her own Tribe from Africa, including whether she can talk to her parents about emotions, whether she will date at all, never mind date a white boy, and how far from home she will travel. The whole time she is growing up, she never forgets her younger sister, although she feels like everyone around her has forgotten the child. She ends the book dedicating it to her sister. It was a pretty interesting look at a woman's life from a country I've never heard of (though actually, having looked it up on a map, it's huge?) As well as a look at my own country from the views of an outsider. It's probably not one of the best books of the year, but it was very good. I'd say 4.5 stars.