NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY:
Los Angeles Times - San Francisco Chronicle -Chicago
Tribune - The Christian Science Monitor - Publishers
Weekly
In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one
man's inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped
him, providing brilliant testament to the power of second chances. Deo
arrives in the United States from Burundi in search of a new life.
Having survived a civil war and genocide, he lands at JFK airport with
two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a
precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and
learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo 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. Kidder breaks new ground in telling this
unforgettable story as he travels with Deo back over a turbulent life
and shows us what it means to be fully human.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Named one of the Top 10 Nonfiction
Books of the year by Time - Named one of the year's "10
Terrific Reads" by O: The Oprah Magazine
"Extraordinarily stirring . . . a miracle of human courage."--The
Washington Post
"Absorbing . . . a story about survival, about perseverance and
sometimes uncanny luck in the face of hell on earth. . . . It is just as
notably about profound human kindness."--The New York Times
"Important and beautiful . . . This book is one you won't
forget."--Portland Oregonian
