{"product_id":"a-long-way-from-paradise-surviving-the-rwandan-genocide-9781844086573","title":"A Long Way From Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carl A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Grant\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn inspirational and moving memoir from a woman who survived the Rwandan genocide and uses her experiences to become an agent of change\u003cbr\u003eLeah Chishugi grew up in eastern Congo but moved at the age of 17to Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to work as a model. She married and had a son. When in 1994 she was caught up in the horrific conflict, she escaped only after being left for dead under a pile of corpses. She fled with her son to Uganda, then South Africa, where she was miraculously reunited with her husband whom she believed dead. Leah finally settled in the UK where she was granted asylum and became a nurse. After her mother died, Leah decided to set up a charity to help the women and children of eastern Congovictims of continuing war atrocities.This isa deeply courageous narrative of one woman's survival of personal trauma and finding a greater purpose in life through devotion to the service of others.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969457340567,"sku":"9781844086573","price":2460.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781844086573.webp?v=1782921940","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-long-way-from-paradise-surviving-the-rwandan-genocide-9781844086573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}