
There Is No Me Without You
One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children
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Julie Fain Lawrence
Originally a middle-class woman with a happy family life, Haregewoin fell into a deep depression after the death of her recently married daughter. But then a priest brought her two children, AIDS orphans, with nowhere to go. Unexpectedly, the children thrived, and Haregewoin found herself drawn back into daily life. As word got out, an endless stream of children began to arrive at her door, delivered by dying parents and other relatives who begged for her help. Pushing the limits of her home and bank account, she took in more and more.
Today, Haregewoin runs a school, a daycare system, and a shelter for sick mothers. Without medication for her charges - some HIV-positive, some uninfected, and some infants trying to fight off the virus, but almost all of whom come to her terrified and malnourished - she forges on, caring for as many as she can handle. Increasingly, she also places them for adoption with families like that of journalist Melissa Fay Greene, who has two children adopted from Ethiopia. In Haregewoin Tefarra's story, Greene gives us an astonishing portrait of a woman fighting a continent-wide epidemic.
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Critic reviews
"[A] moving, impassioned narrative." (Publishers Weekly)
"This searing account humanizes the statistics through heartbreaking, intimate stories of what it is like for young orphans left alone in Ethiopia....The detail of one lost child at a time, who finds love, laughter, comfort, and connection, opens up the universal meaning of family." (Booklist)
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Of all the books I have listened to this is so far is at the top of the list.What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
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I loved how the author was able to paint the scene so that the readers/listeners were able to feel what it was like for the orphans, families and caregivers.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I laughed, I cried and there were times when I became frustrated to angry with myself for being so naive and ignorant of the AIDS epidemic.An Incredible Read!
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Remarkable, a must read!
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The difference one person can make...
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I wish everyone would read it and never buy from large pharmaceutical companies again.
A read that will make you mad and cry!
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There Is No Me Without You
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