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As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda Audiobook
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Inspired by the award-winning film of the same name.
If you were told that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if it weren't only one, but thousands? Could there be a common roadmap to reconciliation? Could there be a shared future after unthinkable evil?
If forgiveness is possible after the slaughter of nearly a million in a hundred days in Rwanda, then today, more than ever, we owe it to humanity to explore how one country is addressing perceptual, social-psychological, and spiritual dimensions to achieve a more lasting peace. If forgiveness is possible after genocide, then perhaps there is hope for the comparably smaller rifts that plague our relationships, our communities, and our nation.
Based on personal interviews and thorough research, As We Forgive returns to the boundary lines of genocide's wounds and traces the route of reconciliation in the lives of Rwandans--victims, widows, orphans, and perpetrators--whose past and future intersect. We find in these stories how suffering, memory, and identity set up roadblocks to forgiveness, while mediation, truth-telling, restitution, and interdependence create bridges to healing.
As We Forgive explores the pain, the mystery, and the hope through seven compelling stories of those who have made this journey toward reconciliation. The result is a narrative that breathes with humanity and is as haunting as it is hopeful.
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"A powerful look at the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Various not-for-profit organizations and individual pastors encourage both victims and villains to enter into a process of forgiveness, repentance and restitution. Seven survivors' stories are highlighted. "
— Laurie (5 out of 5 stars)
As We Forgive Listener Reviews
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" Could you forgive a people who committed genocide to your people? Could you forgive them for killing your father, raping your mother? The people of Rwanda face these questions, this story is told in an equally compelling documentary under the same title. "
— Nathan, 7/5/2013 -
" This is a tragic and redeeming book about the horrors of the Rwandan genocide and the redemption that is now happening in the country. Read it with a box of kleenex nearby! "
— Cynthia, 5/1/2013 -
" Can't take it all in at once...will read again! "
— Gretchen, 2/18/2013 -
" Inspiring and full of beauty and hope for a ravaged country. "
— Pam, 2/9/2013 -
" An amazing companion to the film. It is well written and hard to put down. "
— Lashelle, 1/27/2013 -
" My new book club is reading this book -- it's not too late to join us! "
— Joanna, 12/10/2012 -
" A powerful look at the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Various not-for-profit organizations and individual pastors encourage both victims and villains to enter into a process of forgiveness, repentance and restitution. Seven survivors' stories are highlighted. "
— Laurie, 11/28/2012 -
" Every human being must read this. Remarkable stories of how the nation of Rwanda is healing after the brutal genocide of 1994 that pitted friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor. "
— Leslie, 3/22/2012 -
" I loved reading the chronology of events at the beginning of the book but after that I just couldn't get into the "story" so I did not finish it. "
— Tammy, 9/5/2011 -
" Amazing story of terror in Rwanda. Greatest book on forgiveness I've ever read. "
— Kathryn, 7/15/2011 -
" This is a tragic and redeeming book about the horrors of the Rwandan genocide and the redemption that is now happening in the country. Read it with a box of kleenex nearby! "
— Cynthia, 3/8/2011 -
" Inspiring and full of beauty and hope for a ravaged country. "
— Pam, 6/23/2009 -
" Every human being must read this. Remarkable stories of how the nation of Rwanda is healing after the brutal genocide of 1994 that pitted friend against friend and neighbor against neighbor. "
— Leslie, 6/1/2009 -
" My new book club is reading this book -- it's not too late to join us! "
— Joanna, 3/1/2009
About Bahni Turpin
Bahni Turpin, winner of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards and several prestigious Audie Awards for her narrations, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. Publishers Weekly magazine named her Narrator of the Year for 2016. She is an ensemble member of the Cornerstone Theater Company in Los Angeles. She has guest starred in many television series, including NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Six Feet Under, Cold Case, What about Brian, and The Comeback. Film credits include Brokedown Palace, Crossroads, and Daughters of the Dust. She is also a member of the recording cast of The Help, which won numerous awards.