Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder

Random House Digital, Inc., May 4, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 284 pages

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.

What people are saying

Review: Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness

User Review  - Jessica - Goodreads

This was an incredible story. It defies my understanding or imagination (thankfully). But - I realize I'm in the minority in this - I found the actual writing to be clunky and lacking flow. You know ...

Review: Strength in What Remains

User Review  - Rosemary - Goodreads

A truly remarkable account of the horror of genocide. The escape of Deo to the US is incredible. To keep to his purpose of going to medical school and eventually returning to build his clinic is unbelievable.

Contents

• FLIGHTS 1: 127
• GUSIMBURA 147: 247
• Acknowledgments: 260
• A Readers Guide: 278

About the author

Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard and studied at the University of Iowa. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. The author of Mountains Beyond Mountains, My Detachment, Home Town, Old Friends, Among Schoolchildren, House, and The Soul of a New Machine, Kidder lives in Massachusetts and Maine.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Strength in What Remains; Random House Reader's Circle
• Author: Tracy Kidder
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc., 2010
• ISBN: 0812977610, 9780812977615
• Length: 284 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Medical; History / Africa / East