A review by cozylittlebrownhouse
An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner

4.0

This is one of the shortest books I have ever read that took me longer to read than many several times its size. I saw Hotel Rwanda when it came out in theaters, but reading the horrors in the words of the man himself was even more gripping and difficult to digest. I think it is important to read books such as these so we know what is happening in the world - too many Americans are closed off from international happenings. Unfortunately, stories like Paul's seem fairly common throughout Africa today. Maybe not to the degree of the massacre in Rwanda, but more so than we even know or understand. This was a powerful read, and it really makes you evaluate your own life and once again reassess how lucky we truly are.