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La MÃ©moire TrouÃ©e (French Edition) (2000)

by Elisabeth Combres(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

2070578909 (ISBN13: 9782070578900)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

review 1: This story is riveting, eye opening and inspiring in all ways. THis story is about young girl, who hears her mother get murdered. After the murderes leave, Emma, the girl leaves the house where he mother was killed and goes on to meet good friends that help her through this difficult time. She is motivated only by the last words of her mother telling her she must not die. With the help of friends along the way she is able to go back to the house her mother was killed in, heal and begin her new part of life. I thought this book was crazy. It was very sad but also made you very happy when the girl was able to go back to her house and start over. I think this is definitely a book for older and more mature students. I wouldn't want this book in an elementary classroom of any s... moreort and wouldn't really want it in lower middle school classes. I think it is a great book for older students to read because it does have such a powerful and eye opening message.
review 2: Its crazy how gifted most people in this world are. We all get what we want, whenever we want it. We are very fortunate to have a house and our own families to love. But some people aren’t as fortunate to have these things. Some people have no money, house or even families.“Broken Memory” shows the dark side of some of the families in the world. Élisabeth Combres, author of this book, tells the story of a poor girl named Emma. She lives in the country of Rwanda, Africa where one of the worst genocides in history occurred. During this massacre, her mother died from Hutus invading their house. Emma was fortunate enough to be hiding under a couch while this happened. She may have survived this period, but the memories will always be there.In Africa where the setting of the story is, there are a couple of tribes that hate each other there. They are the Tutsis and Hutus. Emma happens to be a Tutsi which means she wants to be killed by the majority of Hutus in Rwanda. This is what led to her mother’s death. Her house was also destroyed during this mess which meant for Emma for nowhere to go. She ends up at an older ladies house that will shelter her for the next few years of her life. While she lives with the women her life is still terrible. An example of this is when she goes out for a moment and some people see her. They seem like they wanted to kill her. But when she’s out there she sees a little boy that’s has dents and scars on his head. She ends up talking to this boy to learn he was part of the genocide. She says “Ndoli is beautiful.” They both go to this one man and draw him pictures or hear his stories to get this nightmare away from these kids. This leads to her nightmares of her mom. She always can picture that night, but not her mother’s face. But Emma still needs to find herself an education. As you can see there are many problems to her young life.I liked this story because it always makes you curious what’s going to happen to Emma. It was very suspenseful and made you wonder what will happen next. It also show what lives are like for the less fortunate. I think it was pretty easy to read. I seemed to stay pretty focused and get through it quick. But at points I’d daydream because it would start to get boring. But I liked it for the most part. I’d say it’s more of a suspenseful, slow book. I say this because at times it makes me think a lot but it took a while to get to those parts. I think people that like wondering what’s next and like books about tragedies would love this book. You may need a little patience though because at points I found it boring. I think this book shows people the other side of life which I found very interesting. less

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