Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed on + 1154 more book reviews
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This is the powerful, important, and disturbing story of a med student who escapes the genocide in Burundi/Rwanda, arriving in New York City with $200 and fluency in French rather than English. Kidder is a wonderful writer, but the only way I could keep reading the horrific parts was knowing that Deo's life does improve. Kidder does a good job of summarizing and explaining the African conflicts in an evenhanded way, and I wish we got to know more of Deo's continuing story. Is he back in med school now?
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