Strength in What Remains

InStrengthinWhatRemains,TracyKiddergivesusthestoryofoneman’sinspiringAmericanjourneyandoftheordinarypeoplewhohelpedhim,providingbrillianttestamenttothepowerofsecondchances.DeoarrivesintheUnitedStatesfromBurundiinsearchofanewlife.Havingsurvivedacivilwarandgenocide,helandsatJFKairportwithtwohundreddollars,noEnglish,andnocontacts.Heekesoutaprecariousexistencedeliveringgroceries,livinginCentralPark,andlearningEnglishbyreadingdictionariesinbookstores.ThenDeobeginstomeetthestrangerswhowillchangehislife,pointinghimeventuallyinthedirectionofColumbiaUniversity,medicalschool,andalifedevotedtohealing.KidderbreaksnewgroundintellingthisunforgettablestoryashetravelswithDeobackoveraturbulentlifeandshowsuswhatitmeanstobefullyhuman.