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The Moon in Your Sky: An Immigrant's Journey Home

Autor Kate Saller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 iul 2014 – vârsta ani
The Moon in Your Sky: An Immigrant’s Journey Home brings to life the remarkable story of Annah Emuge. Growing up in Uganda under the rule of Idi Amin, Annah and her peers faced hardships few of us can imagine, living with the constant threat of soldiers breaking into their homes, raiding and pillaging as they pleased.
Annah found strength in her relationship with her mother, Esther, and in her relationship with God. Esther encouraged Annah to educate herself and “go out into the world.” Annah’s faith led her to James, an evangelical preacher who became her husband. The two left Uganda for the United States when James received a scholarship to study at Ohio University, only to be stranded there with two small children when the Ugandan government collapsed. The loss of his dreams, along with the realities of American life for African immigrants, proved to be more than James could withstand, and he succumbed to alcoholism.
How Annah overcame the trials she endured in the land she had thought would hold only promise for her and her family is a riveting story of perseverance that will inspire any reader. Annah’s sorrows give depth to the great joys she experiences as she not only survives but triumphs, working to make both of her countries better places.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826220301
ISBN-10: 0826220304
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 6 illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Missouri Press
Colecția University of Missouri

Recenzii

“Fascinating account of a woman who fought off self-pity despite problems bigger than anything most of us will ever face. The woman is Annah Emuge, who grew up in a village in Uganda. Her family’s hut lacked electricity and plumbing. Food for her large family was scarce. Worse yet, the soldiers in Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s army looted, pillaged, raped and killed at will.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Notă biografică

Kate Saller is a writer and humanitarian activist living in St. Louis, Missouri. Through Rotary International service organization, she has traveled extensively in Kenya, Uganda, Niger, and Nigeria on humanitarian trips to immunize children, supply orphanages with mosquito nets, and provide clean-water wells to rural villages. Saller is the 2013–2014 Rotary International District Governor for eastern Missouri.

Descriere

The Moon in Your Sky: An Immigrant’s Journey Home by Kate Saller tells of one woman’s journey from rural Uganda during the reign of dictator Idi Amin Dada, through her family’s escape to the US only to face more devastating challenges, to her triumphant achievement of a life devoted to relieving the suffering of orphans left by the ravages of war in her homeland.