Mary Lou Wassel:
This book tell important history pertinent for all health care workers to read and to share broadly! It is truly inspiring.
United States on Jan 06, 2024
Brigitte Kingsman:
Voici une histoire extraordinaire joliment racontée dans sa première partie, alors que Deo fuit le genocide du Burundi/Rwanda et decouvre New York avec pour seul bagage200$. La 2e partie déçoit, car c’est un long article journalistique, fait de descriptions sans profondeur. Aussi, l’auteur s’immisce dans l’histoire, alors qu’il n’en est qu’un temoin.
France on May 02, 2020
Karl Mousseau:
Good book
Canada on Sep 14, 2017
Noelle:
Great story of hardships and victories.
Canada on May 30, 2016
Patricia L. Morgan:
This is the story of Tutsi Burundian refugee "Deo," who escaped the genocide in Rwanda and Burundi. Through what seems to be an incredible combination of good luck, serendipity, common sense, and - Deo would say - the grace of God, he makes it to New York City with almost literally nothing but the clothes on his back, hope and dreams. Deo was a medical student before the "wars." Now he is at the mercy of strangers: amazingly, although he does not speak English (he had been taught that his French was the universal language), he finds benefactors, some fleeting, some long-term, some rich, some almost as poor as he, who offer helping hands when he needs them. He also suffers at the hands of abusive employers and chooses utter homelessness - sleeping in Central Park - to escape oppression in ghettos.
Throughout his introduction to urban America, Deo remains optimistic and hopeful. The book flashes back and forth among Deo's early life as a barefoot cow-herder; then as a medical student under primitive conditions, forced to escape and use his wits to avoid death; then as a newly-landed immigrant; then as an Ivy League student - all while on a return trip to his...
United States on May 30, 2015
William Capodanno:
A book like "Strength in What Remains" forces you to question your faith in the human race and helps restore it at the same time. Tracy Kidder brings us the indelible Deo, a Burundian medical student who survives the Burundian genocide in the mid-90s. He "escapes" to New York City with virtually no money and no friends or family to turn to for help and support and eventually returns to Burundi to set up a medical clinic for the poor. His survival and success causes anyone who anyone reading this book to ask themselves whether they could have not only survived such circumstances, but prospered after what he had been through. We view Deo with a sense of awe and respect for what he went through, how he overcame those nearly insurmountable obstacles and where he is now. If this book can't lift your spirits, you may not have a heart that is beating.
A few things make this book stand out above others of this genre. First, Kidder's use of flashback to alternate between the "present" and Deo's life in Burundi, escape to NY and eventual return to Burundi is far more effective and engaging than a linear approach to storytelling. The second thing Kidder does...
United States on Mar 10, 2010
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| Total Reviews | 5 reviews | 111 reviews | 62 reviews |
| ISBN-10 | 0812977610 | ||
| Black & African American Biographies | Black & African American Biographies | ||
| Dimensions | 5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches | ||
| Customer Reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 845 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); | 4.5/5 stars of 358 ratings | 4.6/5 stars of 336 ratings |
| Publisher | Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition | ||
| Memoirs (Books) | Memoirs | ||
| Best Sellers Rank | #129 in Medical Professional Biographies #245 in Black & African American Biographies #1,934 in Memoirs | #13 in Air Travel Reference #17 in Solo Travel Guides#30 in Senior Travel Guides | #67 in Ethiopia History#185 in North Africa History#6,650 in World War II History |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0812977615 | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Item Weight | 7.6 ounces | ||
| Medical Professional Biographies | Medical Professional Biographies | ||
| Paperback | 284 pages |
United States on Jan 23, 2024