Strength in What Remains
New York : Random House, [2009]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xvii, 277 pages ; 25 cm
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.
Contents:
Flights -- Gusimbura.
Subjects:
Niyizonkiza, Deo.
Dartmouth Medical School -- Biography.
Genocide -- Burundi -- History -- 20th century.
Refugees -- Burundi -- Biography.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Burundian Americans -- Biography.
Medical students -- United States -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
Niyizonkiza, Deo.
Dartmouth Medical School -- Biography.
Genocide -- Burundi -- History -- 20th century.
Refugees -- Burundi -- Biography.
Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Immigrants -- United States -- Biography.
Burundian Americans -- Biography.
Medical students -- United States -- Biography.
New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781400066216 (acid-free paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Niyizonkiza, Deo | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Biography | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-277).