Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder writes a cogent analysis of the genocide in Burundi (1993) and in Rwanda (1994) and its effect upon one young Burundian Deogratias, a former medical student, who emigrates to the United States in 1994 with $200 in his pocket. 

Deo's gripping story is a testimonial to the resiliency of the human spirit and to the strength of one man who created good out of unimaginable evil.

There’s a healthy dose of sarcasm in the title of Lijia Zhang’s new memoir, “Socialism is Great!” A Worker’s Memoir of the New China. And the picture on the cover, a beaming Chinese girl holding two... ...

Crazy for the Storm by Norman Ollestad

Danger, suspense, action are the three main ingredients Norman Ollestad uses to weave his powerful memoir, CRAZY FOR THE STORM.  When I first saw the title, I...

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The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa

Ogawa weaves a beautiful, enchanting story of a family formed by unlikely circumstances. A single mother of a ten year-old son takes a housekeeping...

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The Black Girl Next Door by Jennifer Baszile
Published in 2009, 308 pp.

Jennifer Baszile, the first black  female history professor at Yale University, has lived a life of firsts. Her father,...

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