The girl who smiled beads a story of war and what comes after
"Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions...
| Main Authors: | Wamariya, Clemantine (Author), Weil, Elizabeth, 1969- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Crown Publishing,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable eBook Here. |
| Summary: |
"Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. It was 1994, and in 100 days more than 800,000 people would be murdered in Rwanda and millions more displaced. Clemantine and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, ran and spent the next six years wandering through seven African countries searching for safety. They did not know whether their parents were alive. At age twelve, Clemantine and Claire were granted asylum in the United States. Raw, urgent, yet disarmingly beautiful, this book captures the true costs and aftershocks of war: what is forever lost, what can be repaired, the fragility and importance of memory. A riveting story of dislocation, survival."-- |
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| Physical Description: |
274 pages : map ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780451495327 0451495322 9780451495334 0451495330 |
| Author Notes: |
Elizabeth Weil is a writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine , a contributing editor to Outside magazine, and writes frequently for Vogue and other publications. She is the recipient of a New York Press Club Award for her feature reporting, a Lowell Thomas Award for her travel writing, and a GLAAD Award for her coverage of LGBT issues. In addition, her work has been a finalist for a National Magazine Award, a James Beard Award, and a Dart Award for coverage of trauma. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and two daughters. |