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The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes AfterNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not could not live in that tale." Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. In 1994, she and her fifteen year old sister, Claire, fled the Rwandan massacre and spent the next six years
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "The plot provided by the universe was filled with starvation, war and rape. I would not--could not--live in that tale." Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father began to speak in whispers, when neighbors began to disappear, and when she heard the loud, ugly sounds her brother said were thunder. In 1994, she and her fifteen-year-old sister, Claire, fled the Rwandan massacre and spent the next six years migrating through seven African countries, searching for safety--perpetually hungry, imprisoned and abused, enduring and escaping refugee camps, finding unexpected kindness, witnessing inhuman cruelty. They did not know whether their parents were dead or alive. When Clemantine was twelve, she and her sister were granted refugee status in the United States; there, in Chicago, their lives diverged. Though their bond remained unbreakable, Claire, who had for so long protected and provided for Clemantine, was a single mother struggling to make ends meet, while Clemantine was taken in by a family who raised her as their own. She seemed to live the American dream: attending private school, taking up cheerleading, and, ultimately, graduating from Yale. Yet the years of being treated as less than human, of going hungry and seeing death, could not be erased. She felt at the same time six years old and one hundred years old. In The Girl Who Smiled Beads, Clemantine provokes us to look beyond the label of "victim" and recognize the power of the imagination to transcend even the most profound injuries and aftershocks. Devastating yet beautiful, and bracingly original, it is a powerful testament to her commitment to constructing a life on her own terms.Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Published: 04/02/2019
ISBN: 9780451495334
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
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★★★★★ 5
This is a great Christmas story that makes you chuckle and look at ...
Format: Hardcover
This is a great Christmas story that makes you chuckle and look at this traditional song in a whole new way! We fell in love with the characters. The illustrations are very detailed and tell the whole story!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2018
★★★★★ 5
Too many gifts?
Format: Hardcover
Answers the question "Too many gifts?" Greg Pizziol's hilarious illustrations show chaos developing as Lords A-Leaping, Pipers Piping, Maids A-Milking, Swans, birds, drummers, etc. all arrive at Elephant's overcrowded home. A must buy for this Christmas.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2017
★★★★★ 4
Super cute!
Format: Hardcover
Cute and fun oral read for my 2nd graders❤️
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Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Great take on the classic song!
Format: Hardcover
My kids love the 12 days of christmas song! We were already fans of the author & really enjoyed the authors take on the song and the darling illustrations.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2019
★★★★★ 5
Busy pages, kept toddler distracted
Format: Hardcover
Rented this book from the library and my toddler insisted on reading it after every nap, so of course I had to buy it for him.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2019