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100 1 $aKidder, Tracy.
245 10$aStrength in what remains /$cTracy Kidder.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2009.
300 $axvii, 277 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-277)
520 $aThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder returns with the extraordinary true story of Deo, a young man who arrives in America from Burundi in search of a new life. After surviving a civil war and genocide, he ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores until he begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing
610 10$aDartmouth Medical School
650 0$aImmigrants$zUnited States
650 0$aGenocide$xHistory$zBurundi
650 0$aRefugees$zBurundi
650 0$aImmigrants$zNew York
650 0$aMedical students$zUnited States
650 0$aBurundian Americans
651 0$aNew York (N.Y.)