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Deb Leary
Jan 30, 2016 rated it really liked it
If religion makes you squeamish, don't pick this one. The author tells the story of her survival of the Rwandan genocide, where she depended heavily on faith to carry her through. I found the book hard to put down. The cruelty of humanity once mob-mentality sets in is horrifying, but the ability of some to overcome hatred is amazing. The tactics used by the Hutu majority government to whip up hatred against the Tutsi minority are all to familiar in modern politics. A disturbing and fascination r ...more
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