Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide (Left to Tell)

by Immaculee Ilibagiza

Other authorsRick Warren (Foreword), Steve Erwin (Contributor)
Hardcover, 2008

Barcode

2532

Call number

922.2 ILI

Status

Available

Call number

922.2 ILI

Pages

205

Description

For three months in the spring of 1994, the African nation of Rwanda descended into one of the most vicious and bloody genocides the world has ever seen. Immaculée Ilibagiza, a young university student, miraculously survived the savage killing spree that left most of her family, friends, and a million of her fellow citizens dead. Immaculée's remarkable story of survival was documented in her first book, Left to TellIn Led By Faith, Immaculée takes us with her as her remarkable journey continues and she struggles to find meaning and purpose in the aftermath of the holocaust.Immaculée fends off sinister new predators, seeks out and comforts scores of children orphaned by the genocide, and searches for love and companionship in a land where hatred still flourishes. Then, fearing again for her safety as Rwanda's war-crime trials begin, Immaculée flees to America to begin a new chapter of her life as a refugee and immigrant-a stranger in a strange land. It is here that Immaculée discovers a new life that was beyond her wildest dreams as a small girl in a tiny village in one of Africa's poorest countries. It is in the United States, her adopted country, where Immaculée can finally look back at all that has happened to her and truly understand why her life was spared . . . so that she would be left to tell her story to the world.… (more)

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CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF IMMACULEE ILIBAGIZA

Publication

Hay House (2008), 205 pages

Original publication date

2008

ISBN

1401918875 / 9781401918873

Rating

(14 ratings; 4.5)

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LibraryThing member LivelyLady
This chronicles the author's life post genocide in Rwanda and in the US. It is the sequel to LEFT TO TELL, but could very well be a stand-alone as she touches on her past experiences.

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