Synopses & Reviews
Review
"[E]ssential reading for anyone entertaining the uncertain terrain of sponsorship. It is for everyone who wants to understand what it is like to start life anew in an alien land." Educational Book Review
Review
"[P]ortrays the conflict between the need to develop self-reliance among the refugees and the impulse to provide total support for them." Wall Street Journal
About the Author
Ellyn Bache is also the author of three novels, Safe Passage (which also became a feature film starring Susan Sarandon and Sam Shepard), Festival in Fire Season, and The Activist's Daughter. She is the recipient of the Willa Cather Fiction Prize for her short story collection, The Value of Kindness.