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Author Shannon, Lisa, 1975-

Title A thousand sisters : my journey of hope into the worst place on earth to be a woman / Lisa Shannon ; foreword by Zainab Salbi.

Publication Info. Berkeley, Calif. : Seal Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.906 SH19    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  305.9 SHA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.9 SHANNON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  305.9069 SH19    Check Shelf
Description 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.
Summary The founder of the organization Run for Congo Women describes her visit to Congo and recounts the extreme hardships and tragic events in the lives of the women she meets there.
Contents Congo in a nutshell -- Congo rushes -- The greenest grass -- Sometimes death is more like a labor -- Lone run -- Ms. Congo -- I'd like to buy the world a coke -- The real thing -- Souvenir -- When I cry -- The peanut girl -- Militias in the mist -- Sugarcane -- A friend from far away -- My own private sister -- Gift from God -- Generose -- The road to Baraka -- A separate peace -- An odd paradise -- Water water -- The long drive home -- Orchid safari club -- Mama Congo -- El Presidente -- Criteria -- Parentheses -- Goodbye party -- The end of logic -- the fragments -- In-between -- Missing -- Salt -- The hidden face -- Furaha.
Subject Shannon, Lisa, 1975-
Women and war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Women refugees -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
War victims -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Civil war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Humanitarian assistance, American -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
ISBN 9781580052962
1580052967
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