pickJust what I needed!!! I had the flu, bedridden, was feeling very sorry for myself, picked this up. I found myself thankful for my bed to be sick in, and thankful that there are humans like Deo in existence. Cured me of my poor-me‘s. ***Story of the Hutus and Tutsis is very eerily familiar...the blood feud between farmers and herders going on for as long as people have been settling into existence and talking about it. #offtheshelf #traveltales
pickBooks about war, survivors, and bearing witness always seem to find their way into my hands. This narrative nonfiction read by Tracy Kidder does not disappoint. It‘s the story of Deo, the civil war in Burundi, and a journey of survival. What I found fascinating is the structure of the book. The story is told and then almost retold as Kidder revisits his own role In piecing together and reporting the details of Deo‘s story.
#ReadingResolutions Day 23: This is a powerful, #fierce novel from Pulitzer Prize winning Tracy Kidder who depicted the life of Deo, who arrived in America from Burundi with nothing but 200 dollars in his pocket. This is supposedly a story of hope, deliverance, redemption, and how transformative and life changing the kindness of strangers can be.
pickI had a word running through my head as I read this book and that word was DESPAIR. That word didn't actually show up in the book until over half-way through. I wish the book included more about Deo & less about the "getting the story". Every time I read about the horrific things humans do to other humans, it takes my breath away. ?
It's a "Rumchata-in-my-coffee" kinda morning. ? #bookisholympics
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