Master of the true story
by Maxine
Today, November 12, is the birthday of writer Tracy Kidder who was born in New York in 1945. When he returned to the States after serving as a lieutenant in Vietnam, all he wanted to do was write. And he's been producing highly readable, insightful books on a variety of topics ever since. From The Soul of a New Machine to Mountains Beyond Mountains, Kidder has given us intimate portraits of the people behind significant cultural, political and social movements. His latest, Strength in What Remains, is a moving portrait of Deogratias, a medical student from war torn Burundi who arrives in the U.S. almost penniless but with determination and the kindness of strangers, continues his education and helps his people recover as he too must recover from the traumas of war.
Note: Mountains Beyond Mountains was the book chosen for the 2007 Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Reads program.
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