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Summary: A great book about life inside Rwanda
Review: A friend of main became an Episcopal missionary in Uganda several years ago. While the book is not about Uganda, nevertheless it gives me a view of what life is like inside the African nation of Rwanda by Ms. Carr. I thought the book was excellent, and is very hard to put down. From several environments, depending on which government, and also genocides, makes living in Africa a challenge.Thank you, Rosamond, for telling me about life inside Africa. A true heroine, and worthy of Sainthood.
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Summary: A great book about life inside Rwanda
Review: A friend of main became an Episcopal missionary in Uganda several years ago. While the book is not about Uganda, nevertheless it gives me a view of what life is like inside the African nation of Rwanda by Ms. Carr. I thought the book was excellent, and is very hard to put down. From several environments, depending on which government, and also genocides, makes living in Africa a challenge. Thank you, Rosamond, for telling me about life inside Africa. A true heroine, and worthy of Sainthood.
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Summary: Muzuri Sana
Review: High Praise for whom? Is it Madame (Ros), or Ms. Halsey (Ann), or maybe Sembagare, or Kenneth who sparked the flame, or the multiple thousands of lives touched by Ros and who in turn touched her life? Or all of the above? Truth may not be stranger than fiction but it sure is more interesting. As one who lived and worked in Africa for many years, much of it in the Congo, I just want to say this is a marvelous work of art befitting the subject(s). Kwa heri, Madame. God Bless!
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Summary: A good piece of work and some insights about Africa
Review: I first heard of this book in a Reader's Digest section, where excerpts of this book were published. Rosamund Carr was also mentioned in the book and later in the movie "Gorillas in the Mist" written by Dian Fossey PhD, as one of the most warm and hospitable person in the world. I have always planned to visit Rwanda and therefore bought this book to get some background information about this country and its people. This book is an account of living for more than half a century in a country, which is still undeveloped, where the majority of the people doesn't have access to medical facilities, sometimes not even to basics like clean water or food to eat. Rosamund Carr is one of Africa's heroines in this century. She mainly describes her life in Rwanda, her struggles and daily problems in running a pyrethrum farm near Lake Kivu, one of Africa's pearls. Her description of Rwanda's genocide provides a better understanding for this event than newspapers ever did.
After the genocide she returned to Africa to run an orphanage for both Hutu and Tutsi children. If there were more Roz Carrs in Africa, probably this continent would not face its current problems.
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Summary: A Stunning Portrait of Life & Love in Rwanda
Review: I just finished reading this book last evening, and cannot remember when I enjoyed a book more. I am partial to books about life in Africa. I was able to visit East Africa, Tanzania and Kenya, when I was a teenager, and I still cherish those memories after nearly 20 years. The beauty and mystery of Africa are intoxicating, and reading about other people's adventures takes me right back. Ms. Carr's book is absolutely wonderful, and I'm so glad that she decided to share her story. She is an amazing, courageous woman with a huge heart, who will undoubtedly touch many many people with her memoir.
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Summary: wonderful!!!
Review: I just finished reading this book last evening, and cannot remember when I enjoyed a book more. I am partial to books about life in Africa. I was able to visit East Africa, Tanzania and Kenya, when I was a teenager, and I still cherish those memories after nearly 20 years. The beauty and mystery of Africa are intoxicating, and reading about other people's adventures takes me right back. Ms. Carr's book is absolutely wonderful, and I'm so glad that she decided to share her story. She is an amazing, courageous woman with a huge heart, who will undoubtedly touch many many people with her memoir.
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Summary: A less ordinary life
Review: I really enjoyed this book. To say Rosamund Halsey Carr is resilent is an understatement--founding her orphanage after turning 80. The book had value to me for two reasons--Ms. Carr is extraordinary in her own right and the glimpse she gives to a very different culture as it evolves from colonialism to independence.
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Summary: An amazing story
Review: I stumbled across this book searching through Amazon--and I'm so so glad that I ordered it. What an amazing story! I'm writing this review to encourage everyone to READ THIS BOOK!!!! It's an incredibly touching tale about Rwanda and one woman's remarkable courage. What a difference one person can make! I learned so much about Rwanda's people and history and the struggle that continues today. I've read quite a few books about Africa and I am struck by the fact that so many people move there and never want to leave. Despite incredible hardships they continue to live there. What is it about Africa??? I can't wait to travel there myself.
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Summary: An amazing story
Review: I stumbled across this book searching through Amazon--and I'm so so glad that I ordered it. What an amazing story! I'm writing this review to encourage everyone to READ THIS BOOK!!!! It's an incredibly touching tale about Rwanda and one woman's remarkable courage. What a difference one person can make! I learned so much about Rwanda's people and history and the struggle that continues today. I've read quite a few books about Africa and I am struck by the fact that so many people move there and never want to leave. Despite incredible hardships they continue to live there. What is it about Africa??? I can't wait to travel there myself.
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Summary: Too political for me.
Review: I thought that the book would have been more on herself and HER struggles. The beginning was good and strong but as the book went into detail of the political aspects of Rwanda, I lost interest. Good book for those learning about Rwanda's past, not for the person looking for a "story".
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