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A review by mybookworldtour
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Elizabeth Weil, Clemantine Wamariya
5.0
This is the first time I'm speechless after finishing a book. I think my lack of words speaks more about the book than I ever could. (So feel free to stop reading now as long as you get the message: A MUST-READ!)
The Girl Who Smiled Beads is the memoir of 32-year-old Clemantine Wamariya, who, during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, escaped death by fleeing her grandmother's house with her older sister Claire in the middle of the night. For the subsequent seven years, the two sisters survived in refugee camps and moved across borders in Southeast and South Africa without knowing whether their family was dead or alive. And seven years later, they migrated to the US on a special refugee visa and started to heal.
Although dealing with such a harsh and sad story, this book is above-all about unconditional love, sisterhood, the strength of the human spirit, unbelievable resilience, and the unwavering will to live.
The Girl Who Smiled Beads is the memoir of 32-year-old Clemantine Wamariya, who, during the Rwandan genocide in 1994, escaped death by fleeing her grandmother's house with her older sister Claire in the middle of the night. For the subsequent seven years, the two sisters survived in refugee camps and moved across borders in Southeast and South Africa without knowing whether their family was dead or alive. And seven years later, they migrated to the US on a special refugee visa and started to heal.
Although dealing with such a harsh and sad story, this book is above-all about unconditional love, sisterhood, the strength of the human spirit, unbelievable resilience, and the unwavering will to live.