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02975aam a22005894a 4500 001 E19B55F8383D11EFA74ADF9234ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240702013519 006 m d 007 cz bn||||||||| 008 091109s2009 nyu sb 000 0beng d 020 $a 1588368513 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 020 $a 9781588368515 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions) 035 $a (OCoLC)464227854 040 $a TEFOD $c TEFOD $d NDD $d KCK $d JIC $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny $a f-bd--- $a n-us-ny 050 14 $a E184.B89 $b K53 2009eb 082 04 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Kidder, Tracy. 245 10 $a Strength in what remains $h [electronic resource] / $c Tracy Kidder. 260 $a New York : $b Random House, $c [2009] 300 $a 1 online resource (xvii, 277 p.) 520 $a The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder returns with the extraordinary true story of Deo, a young man who arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. After surviving a civil war and genocide, he ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores until he begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Flights -- Gusimbura. 500 $a B002LLRDTC (Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN)) 500 $a Description based on print version record 538 $a Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1901 KB). 600 10 $a Niyizonkiza, Deo. 650 0 $a Burundian Americans $v Biography. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Genocide $z Burundi $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Refugees $z Burundi $v Biography. 650 0 $a Immigrants $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Medical students $z United States $v Biography. 610 20 $a Dartmouth Medical School $v Biography. 650 2 $a African Americans $v Biography. 650 2 $a Emigrants and Immigrants $z New York City $v Biography 650 2 $a Emigrants and Immigrants $z United States $v Biography. 650 2 $a History, 20th Century. 650 2 $a Homicide $x history $z Burundi. 650 2 $a Refugees $z Burundi $v Biography. 650 2 $a Students, Medical $z United States $v Biography. 655 7 $a Electronic books. $2 local 655 0 $a Electronic books. 776 08 $i Print version: $a Kidder, Tracy $t Strength in what remains $b 1st ed. $d New York : Random House, 2009 $z 1588368513 $z 1588368513 $w (OCoLC)263605390 $w (OCoLC)263605390 856 40 $u http://wilbor.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=E1AF95A3-8090-4BCD-9D04-301A3CE53AE1 941 $a 1 952 $l GIPC251 $d 20240702035222.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E19B55F8383D11EFA74ADF9234ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JICInitiate Another SILO Locator Search