Left to Tell : Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust (Paperback)

from veronicalynne

Totally AWESOME! Changed my life. I've known God is present in my life but this woman actually lived God present in hers. My faith is enriched having read this book. I learned more about world history as well as sociology and psychology through the reading of this book. Highly recommended

from B.Mayaluna

This is an powerful personal narrative of Immaculee Ilibagiza's incredible faith in God during her odds-defying survival during the three month genocide in Rwanda and after. I find it stunning how she instinctively knew the necessity of granting forgiveness to her family's killer, a man who neith...

from herdingcats

The book Left To Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza is a very touching story. This book does not go into the politics of what happened in Rwanda and why, rather it tells Imaculee's story. She tells about her childhood in Rwanda and how idyllic it seemed. She...

from shaunnas

This was a difficult book to read. What a horrific experience for this woman and her entire country. At the same time her story is one of the most inspiring I have read. I wonder if I could possibly have forgiven in the way she has forgiven. I put my family in their situation and can't imagine th...

from paulkid

To put this review in context: I tend to be pretty cynical, and I have to say for the most part that I don't believe in God. I read this book because I'm interested in Africa and Rwanda and why genocide happens. OK, now for the review: Of the books on Rwanda that I have read, this one scared me a...