In the middle of the night of her fifth year, living in her family's wealthy home in Rwanda, Josi Marie is woken from her sleep by a ringing telephone. It is a call that will change her life forever. Her mother gathers the children quickly to pack what they can and they quickly flee as civil war and genocide begins to tear their country apart. Their path leads to Zaire, Kenya, and for Josi, eventually New York City where she arrives with twenty-eight dollars and a dream. An emotional story of strength, perseverance, courage, and bracing honesty, Josi's autobiography is an uplifting, inspiring accounting of a fearlessness most of us aspire to but few rarely achieve. Somehow, at twenty-one, Josi finds herself at a crossroads. She feels lost, as if she is scattered, running to stand still. Standing on a rooftop overlooking New York City, her feeling of smallness is unshakeable. It forces her to stop and look deep within for the answers that could possibly give her peace and tranquility. The only thing she knows how to do this is to start at the beginning and put the pieces of her life together, one at a time. In doing so she begins to gain clarity about herself: mistakes she's made, her personality, her passions, and so much more. Accepting herself as she is, with no qualifiers, is the first step in finding her purpose and putting together her whole self. A novel of self-discovery and self-acceptance, Josi Marie's autobiography is a stunning achievement and mesmerizing journey from the harrowing depths of genocide to the rooftops of the American Dream. Through sharing her story she teaches that it is possible to be honest about ourselves and who we are in order to discover, understand, and accept our true selves-flaws and all. As entertaining as it eye-opening, Pieces of Me is a much-needed lesson in how to live a better, more fulfilling, less stressful, and more passionate life.