There Is No Me without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children

by Melissa Fay Greene

Overview

Two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene puts a human
face on the African AIDS crisis with this powerful story of one woman
working to save her country's children.
After losing her husband and daughter, Haregewoin Teferra, an Ethiopian woman of modest means, opened her home to some of the thousands of children in Addis Ababa who have been left as orphans. There Is No Me Without You is the story of how Haregewoin transformed her home into an orphanage and day-care center and began facilitating adoptions to homes all over the world, written by a star of literary nonfiction who is herself an adoptive parent. At heart, it is a book about children and parents, wherever they may be, however they may find each other.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596917934
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	12/12/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	6 MB

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.

Editorial Reviews

Greene's nuanced portrait of this heroine places Teferra at the center of a global crisis but never loses its focus on the innocent victims.” —People (four stars, Critic's Choice)

“A powerful story—by turns sad, politically infuriating, and inspiring—and Greene brings her formidable intelligence and eloquence to the telling. Grade: A” —Entertainment Weekly (EW Pick)

“Elegant and profoundly evocative writing…as much a call-to-arms as a narrative account of one woman's struggle to fight the disease.” —Washington Post

“A truly inspiring book…gripping and heartfelt…This is a story not to be missed.” —Christian Science Monitor

“A deeply personal chronicle of human suffering and sinister global politics…featuring orphaned children and devoted adults whose courage will inspire even the most skeptical.” —Chicago Tribune

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