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Author:

Kidder, Tracy.

Title:

Strength in what remains / Tracy Kidder.

Edition:

Random House trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Random House Trade Paperbacks,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

xvii, 284 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject:

Genocide--Burundi--History--20th century.
Refugees--Burundi--Biography.
Burundian Americans--Biography.
Immigrants--United States--Biography.
Immigrants--New York--New York--Biography.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
Medical students--United States--Biography.
Dartmouth Medical School--Biography.
Genocide--Burundi--History.
Refugees--Burundi--Biography.
Burundian Americans--Biography.
Immigrants--United States--Biography.
Immigrants--New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
New York (N.Y.)--Biography.
Medical students--United States--Biography.
Dartmouth Medical School--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-277).

Contents:

Flights -- Gusimbura.

Summary:

The author relates his experiences speaking and traveling with an African refugee named Deo, who escaped genocide and earned his doctorate degree in medicine from Columbia University, to Burundi, where Deo built a hospital and reflected on the many deaths in the region.

Indexed by:

Pub Weekly, May 2009
Booklist, May 2009
New York Times, August 2009
Kirkus Review, June 2009
Pub Weekly
Booklist
New York Times

ISBN:

0812977610
9780812977615 (pbk.)

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