Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza

Left to Tell

Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin

Hay House · Print & ebook · April 7, 2014

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished.

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Who it’s for
A searching memoir where survival, faith, and historical testimony stay tightly interwoven.
Genres
Survival Stories, Religious Lives, Genocide & War Crimes
Published
Hay House, April 7, 2014

About this book

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter.

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For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Immaculee discovered the power of prayer, eventually shedding her fear of death and forging a profound and lasting relationship with God. She emerged from her bathroom hideout having discovered the meaning of truly unconditional love—a love so strong she was able seek out and forgive her family’s killers. The triumphant story of this remarkable young woman’s journey through the darkness of genocide will inspire anyone whose life has been touched by fear, suffering, and loss.

Faith and Witness

A searching memoir where survival, faith, and historical testimony stay tightly interwoven.

Come here for

  • faith under extreme pressure
  • memoir with historical witness

Expect

  • intense but reflective
  • grounded in Christian witness

Where it sits

Survival Stories56%
Genocide & War Crimes25%
Religious Lives18%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Personal Memoirs
  • East African History
  • Catholicism
Authors
Immaculée Ilibagiza, Steve Erwin
Publisher
Hay House
Published
April 7, 2014
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Personal Memoirs