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This book is eye-opening in its portrayal of the HIV crisis affecting Ethiopia (and Africa). As humans we are largely incapable of digesting the statistics Melissa reports about HIV/AIDS. The sheer magnitude of a disease that has morphed into the millions is too staggering to hold in thought. This book encompasses the very readable life journey of an inspiring woman, in Ethiopia, living in the midst of HIV/AIDS, intermixed with history, statistics and facts. The way that Melissa personalizes the crisis and broadens our focus to include not only the direct victims of HIV but also the orphaned and often ostracized children, is positively brilliant. This book will educate, stimulate and inspire even the most hardened heart.
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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children by Melissa Fay Greene
sew-nice, November 7, 2006
This book is eye-opening in its portrayal of the HIV crisis affecting Ethiopia (and Africa). As humans we are largely incapable of digesting the statistics Melissa reports about HIV/AIDS. The sheer magnitude of a disease that has morphed into the millions is too staggering to hold in thought. This book encompasses the very readable life journey of an inspiring woman, in Ethiopia, living in the midst of HIV/AIDS, intermixed with history, statistics and facts. The way that Melissa personalizes the crisis and broadens our focus to include not only the direct victims of HIV but also the orphaned and often ostracized children, is positively brilliant. This book will educate, stimulate and inspire even the most hardened heart.(28 of 48 readers found this comment helpful)