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ISBN: 1401944329
Title: Left to Tell Pdf Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

"In 1994, Rwandan native Ilibagiza was [24] years old and home from college to spend Easter with her devout Catholic family when the death of Rwanda's Hutu president sparked a three-month slaughter of [more than] one million ethnic Tutsis...This book is a precious addition to the literature that tries to make sense of humankind's seemingly bottomless depravity and counterbalancing hope in an all-powerful, loving God." —Publishers Weekly Immaculée Ilibagiza lost most of her family during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Four years later, she immigrated to the United States and began working at the United Nations in New York City. She now devotes herself full-time to public speaking and writing books that share her message of how faith and forgiveness can heal hearts and change the world. In 2007 she established the Left to Tell Charitable Fund, which helps support Rwandan orphans, and was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace.Steve Erwin is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist. He has co-authored seven books and is currently working his second novel. He lives in New York City with his wife, journalist and author Natasha Stoynoff.

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew 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’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, 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. It 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—a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family’s killers. The triumphant story of this remarkable young woman’s journey through the darkness of genocide will inspire anyone whose life has been touched by fear, suffering, and loss.

Beautiful and Heart-wrenching I bought this book because it was required for my class, and it was the only book I read cover to cover. It is informative but it is also causes the reader to experience a storm of emotions including warmth, friendship, anger, disgust, hatred, deep sorrow, and - ultimately - grace and forgiveness.Immaculee Ilibagiza is a beautiful woman in and out, and I am blessed that she has shared her story in this book. She is completely honest about every detail of her ordeal, including her own person battles. This book is both historical and life-enriching as it teaches the reader that God is still gracious, and his children can still be exhibit his grace to those who don't deserve it.I must add that there is a lot of graphic and heart-breaking detail in the book, as it is about a gruesome holocaust. It is not for readers who can not handle intense emotions and gory details in a book.The woman laughed because of the sheer delight of being alive I read a book recently named, Left to tell. It is the story of a Rwandan genocide survivor. Her story has changed my life. Why? She survived with seven other women in a bathroom that was 3 by 4ft for three months and because of what took place, God's presence was made known to her in a way many of us will never know.. The killers came to the home she was hidden in regularly, calling her name. Immaculee, we will find you, Imamaculee, we will kill you! Two of her brothers were sent away from the home by the pastor who hid Immaculee. She had to say goodbye knowing they were being sent to their deaths.Her family was well known for their kindness. They were catholics who prayed together and who lived as true christians in every sense of the word. For instance, when Immaculee was finally made safe in a French army base, she heard the laughing of another Tutsi survivor. The woman laughed because of the sheer delight of being alive. The woman looked at Immaculee and told her she had the face of her mother, the face of her father. Immaculee did not know the woman. The woman told her that she had been supported in her education by her mother, who had heard of her scholarship and gave to her mother so she could continue in school. Year after year Immaculee’s mother sent the money to help the young student. The woman said that Immaculee’s mother was truely a saint. She said that she had promised God that she would do anything for that family if she ever could. She ended up taking fifteen Tutsi survivors in her own home.Immaculee, later forgave the man who lead the murderers in her own tiny town. Why? He had always been very well dressed and always acted as a friend of the family. She saw him now as a pitiful creature, famished and sickened. She learned it was his voice who searched for her so many times. He was trying to find her so he could kill the last family member and take their farm. She forgave him because that was all she could offer.The family of Immaculee and the many situations that happened in the story, has had a profound effect on me. I pray silently during the day. I have a new lease on life where I am nurturing the concept of gratitude in my son. I believe in God more intensely that I ever had. Dr Wayne Dyer, a noted psychologist, wrote the forward. He said it is the most important book of all of his thousands. Now it is my most imporant book.It's missing Immaculee's voice I really wanted to love this book. I heard Immaculee speak this year and was truly moved by her words and her spirit. I purchased this kindle edition while still in my seat after she finished her talk. So moved by her love and power.This book has NOT that same voice. I must attribute it to the editor who supposedly made the manuscript ready for English publication. Immaculee was uplifting and full of love! This book says all the right things but is completely VOID of her tone. I'm fully disappointed. It's a very hard read. Emotionally. You may say it's because of the topic. This is true! But when SHE speaks, and she shared boldly the most explicit events without hesitation, it is without any animosity. She shared facts of horrific suffering but in a voice of love, a voice commanding repentance, commanding forgiveness.I just didn't hear her at all in the book. I wish they had published her words. I wish I could read that original manuscript.You will still get an inside view of this painful part of history. You will still learn of her faith.

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