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Loading... Stronger than Death: How Annalena Tonelli Defied Terror and Tuberculosis in the Horn of Africaby Rachel Pieh Jones
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) LilyRoseShadowlyn | Jun 28, 2023 |   This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) Serinde24 | Dec 8, 2021 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) empress8411 | Nov 2, 2021 | I found Annalena to be an interesting, determined, and courageous woman. She lived to serve others, often in horrible and terrifying situations. My only criticism of this book is that the author continually inserted herself into the story. I didn't care what the author felt about Annalena, and grew tired of her reflections and interpretations. Rather than interpreting Annalena for me, the author should have let Annalena's story speak for herself. Because of this, I can only rate this book 3 out of 5 stars. (  ) JanaRose1 | Sep 30, 2020 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) woodyh | Jun 3, 2020 | no reviews | add a review
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"Somalia's Mother Teresa chose love over fear. Amid a volatile mix of disease, war, and religious fundamentalism in the Horn of Africa, what difference could one woman make? "I am nobody," she always insisted. Yet by the time she was killed for her work three decades later she had not only developed an effective cure for tuberculosis among nomadic peoples but also exposed a massacre, established homes and schools for the deaf, advocated against female genital mutilation, and secured treatment for ostracized AIDS patients. Months after winning the Nansen Refugee Award from the UN in 2003, Annalena Tonelli was assassinated at one of the tuberculosis hospitals she founded. Rachel Pieh Jones, an American writer, was living a few doors down, having moved to Somaliland with her husband and two children just months before. Annalena's death would alter the course of her life. No one who encounters Annalena in these pages will leave unchanged. Brought vividly back to life through Jones's meticulous reporting and her own letters, Annalena presents us with a new measure of success and commitment. But she also leaves us a gift: the secret to overcoming the fear that pervades our society and our hearts - fear of disease and death, fear of terrorism and war, fear of others, and fear of failure"--Provided by publisher. No library descriptions found. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers AlumRachel Pieh Jones's book Stronger than Death: How Annalena Tonelli Defied Terror and Tuberculosis in the Horn of Africa was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.  Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers  
 Google Books — Loading...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)362.109676Social sciences Social problems and services; associations Social problems of & services to groups of people People with physical illnesses History, geographic treatment, biography Africa Sub-Saharan AfricaLC ClassificationRatingAverage: (4.23)
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