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There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
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Millions of children are left without parents in Ethiopia as the result of AIDS. A skilled and graceful exploration of this crisis, Greene's moving account of one woman's actions shows the tremendous impact one person can make. Haregewoin is a genuine hero whose inspiring story should waken the international community.
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"If Greene did not have such lovely (and true) stories to share, the heartwrenching facts about Africa's AIDs orphans outlined in this book would be more than the average reader could bear....For anyone concerned about children's issues, anyone who has ever considered international adoption, or those of us who simply like to believe that one individual can shine a healing light in the dark, this is a story not to be missed." Marjorie Kehe, The Christian Science Monitor (read the entire CSM review)
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There Is No Me Without You is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. It is a story as much about the power of the bond between children and parents as about the epidemic that every year leaves millions of children, mostly healthy themselves, without family. Originally a middle-class woman with a happy family life, Haregewoin fell into a deep depression after the death of her recently married daughter. But then a priest brought her two children, AIDS orphans, with nowhere to go. Unexpectedly, the children thrived, and Haregewoin found herself drawn back into daily life. As word got out, an endless stream of children began to arrive at her door, delivered by dying parents and other relatives who begged for her help, and, pushing against the limits of her home and bank account, she took more and more in. Today, Haregewoin runs a school, a daycare system, and a shelter for sick mothers. Without medication for her charges — some HIV-positive, some uninfected, and some infants trying to fight off the virus, but almost all of whom come to her terrified and malnourished — she forges on, caring for as many as she can handle. Increasingly, she also places them for adoption with families like that of journalist Melissa Fay Greene, who has two children adopted from Ethiopia. In Haregewoin Tefarra's story, Greene gives us an astonishing portrait of a woman fighting a continent-wide epidemic.
Review:
"Not unlike the AIDS pandemic itself, the odyssey of Haregewoin Teferra, who took in AIDS orphans, began in small stages and grew to irrevocably transform her life from that of 'a nice neighborhood lady' to a figure of fame, infamy and ultimate restoration. In telling her story, journalist Greene who had adopted two Ethiopian children before meeting Teferra, juggles political history, medical reportage and personal memoir. While succinctly interspersing a history of Ethiopia, lucidly tracing the history of AIDS from its early manifestation as 'slim disease' in the late 1970s to its appearance as a bizarrely aggressive [form] of Kaposi's sarcoma in the early 1980s, and following the complex path of medication (a super highway in the West, a trail in Africa), Greene rescues Teferra from undeserved oblivion as well as rescuing her from undeserved obloquy (false accusations of child selling). As with her previous books (Praying for Sheetrock; The Temple Bombing; Last Man Out), Greene takes a very close look at what appears to be the fringe of an important social event and illuminates the entire subject. Ethiopia is home to 'the second-highest concentration of AIDS orphans in the world'; even as some of the orphans find happy endings in American homes, Greene keeps the urgency of the greater crisis before us in this moving, impassioned narrative. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
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"Melissa Fay Greene levels with her readers early in 'There Is No Me Without You,' telling us, 'I had thought I would write a hagiography, a chapter for "Lives of the Saints."' And much of that spirit of moral simplicity infuses her tale about a good-natured heroine, an Ethiopian woman named Haregewoin Teferra who chooses decency in the face of unfathomable horror. The result is a work that, while..." Washington Post Book Review (read the entire Washington Post review)
Book News Annotation:
Atlanta-based journalist Greene is the author of three books and has
written for a number of major publications, including the New Yorker,
the Washington Post, the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic
Monthly, Newsweek, and Life. She offers an insightful look into the
AIDS crisis in Africa through the story of Haregowoin Teferra, an
Ethiopian woman who, since losing her husband and 23-year-old
daughter to AIDS, has cared for hundreds of AIDS orphans in Addis
Ababa.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Review:
"[T]his searing account humanizes the statistics through heartbreaking, intimate stories of what it is like for young orphans left alone in Ethiopia." Booklist
Review:
"Touching and profound..." Library Journal
Review:
"There Is No Me Without You is spectacular, both in its intimacy and in its reach. Melissa Fay Greene's writing sings. It agitates. It inspires....After you read There Is No Me Without You, the world will never look the same." Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here and The Other Side of the River
Review:
"Like the very best literature, There Is No Me Without You charts the human condition in all its extremes....[I]t harnesses the most potent of all human forces: the bond between parent and child." San Diego Union-Tribune
Synopsis:
This volume is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds of children orphaned by AIDS. Today, Haregewoin runs a school, a daycare system, and a shelter for sick mothers.
About the Author
Melissa Fay Greene, award-winning author of Praying for Sheetrock, The Temple Bombing, and Last Man Out, relates a tale that captures the tragedy of an international epidemic and the remarkable people inventing ways to care for its victims. Her Dec. 2002 New York Times Sunday Magazine on the plight of the AIDS orphans inspired scores of adoptions and generated tens of thousands of dollars for the underfunded orphanages of Africa. She has seven children, including two adopted from Ethiopia, and lives in Atlanta.
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sew-nice, November 7, 2006 (view all comments by sew-nice)
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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Rich Hehn, November 2, 2006 (view all comments by Rich Hehn)
Amazing! This nonfiction novel gracefully leads you through the current AIDS crisis in Ethiopia and sub-Saharan Africa by gracefully weaving stunning facts and statistics with human accounts and personalities. You won't be able to put it down. I have bought several copies of this important and wonderful book to loan out: It is that important and that good. It's one of the best books I've read in a very long time. This book could change the world.
Rich Hehn, Library Media Specialist
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Owlhaven, September 19, 2006 (view all comments by Owlhaven)
As the mother of two Ethiopian daughters I found this book to be incredibly interesting and touching. The statistics about the problem of AIDS in Africa are jawdropping. But the heart of the book is the story of this woman and the children she helps. Though non-fiction, the book reads like a novel. I read it cover to cover in two very long evenings. A week after I finished it, I was already thinking about reading it again. Except I also wanted to share it with everyone I know-- what a dilemma! I may be buying another copy or two. Read this book for yourself. You will be entertained. Your heart will be touched. And your view of the world will be broadened.
Mary, mom to 8
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9781596911161
- Subtitle:
- One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
- Author:
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Libri
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Women
- Subject:
- Child welfare
- Subject:
- Orphans
- Subject:
- Philanthropy & Charity
- Subject:
- Humanitarians
- Subject:
- General Social Science
- Copyright:
- 2006
- Edition Description:
- U.S.
- Publication Date:
- September 5, 2006
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 472
- Dimensions:
- 9.26x6.50x1.50 in. 1.89 lbs.
