Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust [Foreword by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer -- Preface -- Introduction: my name is Immaculée -- Part I: The gathering storm. The eternal spring ; Standing up ; Higher learning ; Off to university ; Returning home ; No going back ; The pastor's house ; Farewell to the boys -- Part II: In hiding. Into the bathroom ; Confronting my anger ; Struggling to forgive ; No friends to turn to ; A gathering of orphans ; The gift of tongues ; Unlikely saviors ; Keeping the faith -- Part III: A new path. The pain of freedom ; A letter from Damascene ; Camp Comfort ; The road to the rebels ; On to Kigali ; The Lord's work ; Burying the dead ; Forgiving the living -- Epilogue: new love, new life -- Afterword:

Ilibagiza, Immaculée ; Erwin, Steve, 1959-

ISBN 10: 1401944329 / ISBN 13: 9781401944322

Published by Carlsbad, CA : Hay House, 2014., 2014

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1st ed., 15 printing ; xx, 231 pages, [8] pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 23 cm ; ISBN 9781401944322 ; 1401944329 ; LCCN 2013958206 ; LOC No BX4705.I46 A3 2014 ; Dewey 282.092 ; pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; 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. ; Contents: Foreword by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer -- Preface -- Introduction: my name is Immacule?e -- Part I: The gathering storm. The eternal spring ; Standing up ; Higher learning ; Off to university ; Returning home ; No going back ; The pastor's house ; Farewell to the boys -- Part II: In hiding. Into the bathroom ; Confronting my anger ; Struggling to forgive ; No friends to turn to ; A gathering of orphans ; The gift of tongues ; Unlikely saviors ; Keeping the faith -- Part III: A new path. The pain of freedom ; A letter from Damascene ; Camp Comfort ; The road to the rebels ; On to Kigali ; The Lord's work ; Burying the dead ; Forgiving the living -- Epilogue: new love, new life -- Afterword: 2014. ; Revised edition updated in 2014 " . with a new Afterward by Immacule?e, in which she looks back at the 20 years that have passed since the Rwandan holocaust."--Page 4 of cover. ; Originally published: London: Hay House, 2006. ; Immaculée Ilibagiza is a Rwandan-American Catholic author and motivational speaker. Her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, is an autobiographical work detailing how she survived during the Rwandan genocide. ; FINE.

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• Title: Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust [Foreword by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer -- Preface -- Introduction: my name is Immaculée -- Part I: The gathering storm. The eternal spring ; Standing up ; Higher learning ; Off to university ; Returning home ; No going back ; The pastor's house ; Farewell to the boys -- Part II: In hiding. Into the bathroom ; Confronting my anger ; Struggling to forgive ; No friends to turn to ; A gathering of orphans ; The gift of tongues ; Unlikely saviors ; ...
• Publisher: Carlsbad, CA : Hay House, 2014.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1401944329
• ISBN 13: 9781401944322
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.