“While the events described in this book take place in 1994, it remains as fresh, urgent and relevant today as it was when it first appeared in 1997.  The unbearable pain of loss in these pages never dulls. Not does Yolande’s courage and compassion.”

– Zoe Norridge

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“This book was one of the first literary testimonies I read in French about Rwanda. I found it profoundly moving – both realistic and introspective. Thanks to this beautiful translation, it is at long last available to the English-speaking public.”

– Véronique Tadjo

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“Reading Yolande Mukagasana’s book in French at the age of fifteen changed my life. I realized that genocide is not a mass crime but a single murder repeated hundreds of thousands of times. With this testimony the genocide is no longer just a historical event, it is instead a story of a woman, a mother, a Tutsi. And this is what makes Yolande’s account universal.”

– Gaël Faye

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“This is a story that will grip you from start to finish and stay with you thereafter. Yolande Mukagasana is a truly remarkable writer with a natural flair of storytelling.”

– Goretti Kyomuhendo

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“A superb translation of Yolande Mukagasana’s account of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. This book challenges a new audience with the reality of one of the most horrific crimes of modern history, and contests the denial that inevitably comes in its wake.”

- Linda Melvern

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