Isbn: 9781723991769 - relentless - an immigrant story: one woman's decade-long fight to heal a family torn apart by war, lies, and tyranny (dreams of freedom, band 1) (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Out of a war-torn African nation, one woman's heroic journey to save her daughter's life. and reunite with her shattered family. An inspiring and heartbreaking story for the ages. War tore my family apart. It took years of heartbreak and determination to put it right again. Everything changes when your homeland slips into war, but then your husband is taken off the street to fight, and your daughter receives news of a life-threatening heart condition, and suddenly the burdens of life become almost too much to bear. With treatment unavailable at home, and blocked by a brutal and oppressive regime from seeking it elsewhere, I faced a terrible decision. Do I stay and jeopardize the life of one child, or save her by fleeing my beloved home, leaving the rest of my family behind. . . possibly forever? Relentless is the powerful and inspiring memoir of an Eritrean woman who defied Africa's most corrupt and murderous regime, and became an American immigrant success story.There is a proverb in my native Tigrinya language, both warning and admonishment. It goes like this: Haki tseraba mot keraba.It means, if you speak the truth, you will gather many enemies.The Dreams of Freedom stories The year is 1991, and a bloody thirty-year war with Ethiopia has just ended, earning Eritrea its first taste of freedom in over a century. But peace is a delicate flower easily trampled. Soon, the small Horn-of-Africa nation finds itself in the grip of a despotic madman. In the midst of exploding violence, a family torn apart by circumstance will risk everything to save themselves and their children from a life of oppression, all on the slim promise of a future as bright as the one they had imagined for themselves. One shattered family, two powerful accounts of love, heartbreak, and determination deep inside one of the world's most isolated and ruthless regimes. Relentless - An Immigrant Storyby Wudasi Nayzgi and Kenneth James Howe I Will Not Grow Downward - Memoir Of An Eritrean Refugeeby Yikealo Neab and Kenneth James HoweI WILL NOT GROW DOWNWARD - MEMOIR OF AN ERITREAN REFUGEE One Man's Long And Perilous Flight From Africa's Hermit Kingdom A century of bloody oppression never broke the spirit of the Eritrean people. After winning their freedom, a young man returns to Asmara to begin a new life, but his dreams of a home filled with happy children are quickly shattered when fighting resumes. Brutally rounded up for conscription into the army, subjected to inhumane conditions, forced to serve a despotic leader waging a war nobody wants, he will have to sacrifice everything just for a chance to get back what he has lost - his family, his freedom, and his birthright. I Will Not Grow Downward offers an exceedingly rare glimpse inside the highly secretive and brutally repressive regime known as Africa's North Korea. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.