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angseder 's review for:
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
by Clemantine Wamariya
I have been gravitating toward memoirs this year and this one did not disappoint. Clemantine's story of survival during the Rwandan genocide as well as her transition into life as American refugee moved me in so many ways. Before reading this account, I was sympathetic to the refugees coming to the United States for safety but I didn't really understand the process.
Clemantine didn't willy-nilly decide to come to the United States (or any other "safe" country) and leave her home, she was forced to; her life and survival depended on it. On a personal level, I cannot even imagine being forced out of my home country and to a foreign place.
I thoroughly enjoyed this heart breaking story of survival.
Clemantine didn't willy-nilly decide to come to the United States (or any other "safe" country) and leave her home, she was forced to; her life and survival depended on it. On a personal level, I cannot even imagine being forced out of my home country and to a foreign place.
I thoroughly enjoyed this heart breaking story of survival.