Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust
by Immaculee Ilibagiza
List Price:
Our Price: $14.26
You Save: $9.69 (40%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $13.98 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Immaculee IlibagizaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook, CD
Published: 2006-03-15
ISBN: 1401911498
Publisher: Hay House
Book Reviews of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust
Book Review: An African diety
Summary: 3 Stars
In Left to Tell Imaculee Ilibagiza, a Rwandan holocaust survivor, recounts her story and attributes her survival to her strong faith in God. Most western Christian readers of this story are swept away in the miraculous aspects of Imaculee's nearly 100 days of survival, most of which were in a tiny bathroom in a Protestant pastor's house. What is overlooked is her very African emphasis on sacred objects for protection and an image of God which is more shaman than one who loves all humanity and grieves when we humans depart from his commandment to "Love on another." The imagine of her father with his rosary in one hand and his spear in the other is particularly striking. Thus, almost all Hutus in this story are depicted as untrustworthy or completely evil. Imaculee even portrays the pastor who at great risk to himself and his family saved her as jealous of her father and heartless when he cannot keep her brothers. Similarly, as she focuses on her survival as a proof of the power of faith, she fails to ask why so many many others who were likely just as faithful were killed. Imaculee does state that this is only her story and not an attempt to explain the causes of the Rwandan genocide, but certainly as a young university student she must have known more about the sources of the seething tensions between the Hutus and Tutsis. Imaculee gives her explanation of why she was left to tell the story of the 1994 genocide, but neglects to ask why 800,000 others, many of whom were Hutu, were not.
Summary of Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst The Rwandan Holocaust
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.
?
General Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in General Books
Seductive Poisonby Deborah Layton
Doubleday; Published: 1998-11-03; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $63.50
For Laciby Sharon Rocha
Random House Audio; Published: 2005-12-27; Audio Cassette; Book
Price in other shops:
Trumanby David McCullough
Bt Bound; Published: 2001-03; Library Binding; Book
Best price: $70.64
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaustby Immaculee Ilibagiza
Hay House; Published: 2007-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.45
Price in other shops:
Lost Boyby David J. Pelzer
Orion; Published: 2001-12; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.63
October Sky (The Coalwood Series #1)by Homer H. Hickam
Fourth Estate; Published: 1999-10-07; Paperback; Book
Best price: $12.43
Price in other shops:
Seabiscuitby Laura Hillenbrand
Random House Audio; Published: 2003-06-05; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $12.87
Price in other shops:
The Revolution: A Manifestoby Ron Paul
Hachette Audio; Published: 2008-04-30; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.49
Price in other shops:
" Have A Nice Day "by Mick Foley
HarperCollins; Published: 2000; Audio Cassette; Book
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations One School at a Timeby Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Tantor Media; Published: 2006-06-01; MP3 CD; Book
Best price: $16.89
Price in other shops:
Similar Books and other products
Machete Season: The Killers in Rwanda Speakby Jean Hatzfeld
Picador; Published: 2006-04-18; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.36
Price in other shops:
Jesus of Nazarethby Pope Benedict XVI
Doubleday; Published: 2007-05-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $13.49
Price in other shops:
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Timeby Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-01-30; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.63
Price in other shops:
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldierby Ishmael Beah
Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Published: 2008-08-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.55
Price in other shops:
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwandaby Philip Gourevitch
Picador; Published: 1999-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.99
Price in other shops:
Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcuttaby Mother Teresa
Doubleday; Published: 2007-09-04; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $11.26
Price in other shops:
Incredible You! 10 Ways to let your greatness shine throughby Wayne W. Dyer, Kristina Tracy
Hay House; Published: 2005-12-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.85
Price in other shops:
Led By Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocideby Immaculee Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin
Hay House; Published: 2008-09-16; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.78
Price in other shops:
Inspiration: Your Ultimate Callingby Wayne W. Dyer
Hay House; Published: 2007-07-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.25
Price in other shops:
The Diary of ImmaculeeRelease date: 2006-08-01; DVD
Best price: $10.49
Price in other shops: