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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
enlarge	Author: Immaculee Ilibagiza Publisher: Hay House Category: Book List Price: ~~$14.95~~ Buy Used: $7.74 You Save: $7.21 (48%) New (51) Used (50) from $7.74 Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 215 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 ISBN: 1401908977 Dewey Decimal Number: 282.092 EAN: 9781401908973 ASIN: 1401908977 Publication Date: June 1, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description DIVBImmaculee Ilibagiza /Bgrew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee#8217;s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans.BRBRIncredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. BRBRIt was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Immaculee discovered the power of prayer, eventually shedding her fear of death and forging a profound and lasting relationship with God. She emerged from her bathroom hideout having discovered the meaning of truly unconditional love#8212;a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family#8217;s killers. BRThe triumphant story of this remarkable young woman#8217;s journey through the darkness of genocide will inspire anyone whose life has been touched by fear, suffering, and loss./DIV

Customer Reviews: Read 95 more reviews... A must read November 19, 2008 A story of faith, tragedy, courage, survival and triumph. Immaculee Ilibagiza's riveting autobiographical story of living through the Rwandan holocaust is a story of her faith growing amidst the incomprehensible and shocking experience of genocide. The story of the Hutu tribe slaughtering the Tutsi tribe is the background for her moving story, a tale of primal fear held at bay by faith that grows in Immaculee. I was deeply moved. Heartwrenching and beautiful November 18, 2008 I really loved this book. I have to admit I have not been as aware as the genocide in Rwanda as I should have been. It's hard to believe things like this are happening in this day and age. I've always struggled with the issue of absolutely evil things happening to good, decent, or innocent people. Why would God allow these things to happen? This book does not answer that question. That is a question left for the ages, but it does give me more faith that just maybe if something horrific happened to me I could have the faith to endure. This book also made me appreciate life even more fully. Thanks for sharing your story. Beyond belief...a living saint November 5, 2008 Words can not come close to describing the impact this book has had on me. I cannot get Immaculee out of my mind. I first listened to this author and survivor being interviewed on a Catholic radio talk show. I decided to see what she had to say - the graphic detail of the genocide in Rwandan from her perspctive is riviting. I feel like I know her and her family and I have mourned for them. If you are having a hard time forgiving anyone for anything read this book. This woman leads a new life now and God has placed her in our midsts as His instrument to teach us how to forgive and love. In spite of the horrific holocaust of these dear human beings, Immaculee shows us the way to a deeper faith through her own personal experience. Recommend this book to people of all faiths. unbelievable November 5, 2008 This is a great book I just cant believe that during this trajedy I was in high school in the US and did not know about it I think it should be mandatory reading Could I do it? October 29, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I'm just finishing this book and I am in awe of her faith, and her strength and those of her fellow occupants of this - smaller than any convicts cell - bathroom. Through the chronicles of history we hear this happening, and yet we did nothing in 1994 while a whole tribe of Tutsi's were almost annihilated. What kind of blood lust has one human being going after another human being with such malice hate? I have purchased the DVD. I have seen Hotel Rwanda - and - Sometimes in April (must see by all) and you feel the sorrow and the pain in knowing while you're hiding, others are dying around you. Pastor M took a real chance hiding these women - his entire family was at risk. I know I could've had hidden her and the other women. What I don't know is if I would've been strong enough to survive. br /Genocide in any form is not to be tolerated - from 1915 genocide of the Armenians, in the 30's the Aboriginal integration program in Austrailia (Rabbit Proof Fence) to the 40's Hitler trying to wipe out the Jewish people, and yet the people of the world allowed this to happen in 1994. br /I wonder - could any of us be strong enough to say "no - that's not going to happen in my neighborhood" and hide your neighbor or strong enough if the shoe were on the other foot and we had to hide??

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