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Orphaned Melissa Fay Greene

Orphaned By Melissa Fay Greene

Orphaned by Melissa Fay Greene


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Summary

In a tin-walled compound outside Addis Ababa, a middle-class woman named Haregewoin Teferra suffers personal losses. In grief, she turns to the church, and is presented with two orphans and asked to house them. Haregewoin agrees. Once she opens her gate, she never manages to close it again. This book features the stories of orphaned children.

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Orphaned: One Woman's Mission to Save Africa's AIDS Children by Melissa Fay Greene

In a tin-walled compound outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, a middle-class woman named Haregewoin Teferra suffers terrible personal losses. In grief, she turns to the church, and is presented with two orphans and asked to house them. Haregewoin agrees. Once she opens her gate, she never manages to close it again. Here is a woman who does not run away from HIV-positive and AIDS-orphaned children, brought to her on foot, by bus or by donkey cart. There are over a million AIDS orphans in Ethiopia; There Is No Me Without You tells a few of their remarkable stories through the eyes of a woman whose own life has been altered by them.

Orphaned Reviews

'More than a vivid, readable account of individual courage in the face of apparently overwhelming odds, this is an important book' The Times 'Interweaving research about the dreaded disease with Haregewoin's incredible story, and that of Ethiopia with her own, the author has written a powerful book with heart' Choice 'A gripping narrative about the AIDS pandemic in Africa' Life 'Unforgettable ... Greene brings Africa's AIDS catastrophe to us as bracingly as the movie Hotel Rwanda brought home the horrors of genocide' More

About Melissa Fay Greene

Melissa Fay Greene is the highly acclaimed author of Praying for Sheetrock, The Temple Bombing (both shortlisted for a National Book Award) and Last Man Out. Sheetrock was included in the 'J' list, compiled by New York University, of the top 100 works of journalism in the 20th century. Greene's December 2002 New York Times magazine article on the plight of the AIDS orphans inspired scores of adoptions and an outpouring of financial support for African orphanages and clinics. She and her husband, Don Samuel, live in Atlanta with their seven children, including two adopted from Ethiopia.

Additional information

GOR003318416
9780747585428
0747585423
Orphaned: One Woman's Mission to Save Africa's AIDS Children by Melissa Fay Greene
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
20071001
480
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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