Set in Rawanda during the year 1994, Immaculée Ilibagiza tells her harrowing story of survival during the Rawandan Genocide in her nonfiction autobiography Left to Tell. In her own version of the diary of Anne Frank, she details her experiences, some of which are as terrifying as the flames of Hell; being locked in a tiny bathroom while listening to stories the heinous crimes taking place all around their safe haven. She pleads with us to find ways to accept each other despite our differences, reminding us that we are all God's creations, one and the same. As we follow her in her struggle for survival, we too must struggle to survive our own demons and conquer the darkest corners of the human soul.
Through the murder and abuse and terrible conditions in Rawanda, the narrator manages to keep hope alive, hope that she wishes to share with all of us, hope that there will be change, hope that will never fade.
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