Name: Running the Rift
ISBN: 9781616200428

Naomi Benaron

Rwandan runner Jean Patrick Nkuba dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal and uniting his ethnically divided country, only to be driven from everyone he loves when the violence starts, after which he must find a way back to a better life.

A Novel

Running the Rift

Rebecca Light

So glad I read this book. Especially at this time; April being the 20 year anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. I knew far too little about this atrocious chapter in human history. I finished this book grateful for the insight, but still wishing it had illuminated a bit more. I still have so many questions. I know it's not the role of fiction to convey history, and certainly not historical fact, but where historical fiction leaves those gaps it hopefully makes up for in story and character. The story and the characters were lovely in this book, but I felt the author took some safe and expected paths in her plot and character developments. In the end I'm very glad I read it, but it left just a little something to be desired.

Running the Rift A Novel

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