Maison Rouge: Memories of a Childhood in War - Couverture souple

Leila Juma, Liliane

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1926890302 ISBN 13 : 9781926890302

Editeur : Tradewind Books, 2020

Synopsis

Liliane Leila Juma was sixteen years old when her family home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was destroyed by rebel soldiers. In this gut-wrenching memoir, she gives an account of her life before and after her family was torn apart by the twin nightmares of civil war and invasion. Sincere and revealing, it gives a moving account of a young girl's journey from a protected and secure family life through a series of brutal conflicts that saw her father murdered and her former life utterly destroyed. Maison Rouge is a story of war and unspeakable loss. It is also the story of survival. Eventually, through the United Nations refugee program, Leila and her family were finally able to relocate to Canada.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Liliane Leila Juma grew up in Uvira, a city in the eastern Congo on the shore of Lake Tanganyika near the border with Burundi. Her life as a young girl was brutally disrupted by the wars in Burundi (1993), Rwanda (1994) and the Congo (1994-1997), finally forcing her family to flee to Tanzania. After some time in a refugee protection camp, Leila, her maman and her sisters and brothers immigrated to Canada. Leila now lives in Vancouver, where she works as a women's support worker. She is fluent in three languages--Swahili, French and English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tradewind Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1926890302
• ISBN 13: 9781926890302
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible