Spellbinding, compelling, inspiring and true...
he captivating, inspiring true journey of Liberian refugee Louise Géesedeh Barton is recreated with vivid, haunting detail in this spellbinding memoir. For more than ten years, Louise spent her life on the run, hunted down as a member of the indigenous Krahn tribe, and as a distant relative of President Samuel K. Doe, who was assassinated during the civil war.
This engrossing first-hand account is the only memoir written by a woman of the hunted Krahn tribe, and is an inspiring testimony of the strength of the human spirit coupled with miraculous provision in the midst of unbearable hardships.
Louise’s authentic voice exposes immense love and hope for humanity, devoted passion and drive for her own life pursuits, a strong will to survive, and an unyielding faith. Her fluid, moving, and poignant narrative draws the reader in close to her every inhale and exhale, revealing a complex range of emotions and experiences; and in doing so, she paints a deeply holistic picture of her beautiful yet tragic motherland, Africa.
Captivating, horrifying, and beautiful, Louise’s story serves as a towering and timeless inspiration.
NOTE: On April 26, 2012, Charles Taylor—who in 1989 led a massive band of
Libyan-backed rebel forces known as the National Patriotic Front of
Liberia (NPFL) into Liberia, creating what the U.S. State Department
called "one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars"—was convicted by an
international war crimes tribunal (the UN-backed Special Court for
Sierra Leone in The Hague) of also planning, aiding, and supporting a
Sierra Leonean rebel group known as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF),
which launched Sierra Leone's 1991-2002 civil war; a war in which over
50,000 died.
The 2006 movie, Blood Diamond, starring Leonardo Di Caprio, featured
the RUF rebels, and was based on true stories of the atrocities foisted upon innocent people
with the support of Charles Taylor.
So Far to Run, with its heartfelt, honest, and raw narration, is the engrossing, first-hand account of a woman who miraculously survived both the Liberian and Sierra Leonean Civil Wars—and as has been shared by many reviewers, is the type of book you won't be able to put down until the very end.
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I read this book in one day. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down.
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Fran Lewis - author & radio talk show host
Rarely is a memoir written in such singularly powerful fashion as this
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Andrea Huehnerhoff - San Francisco/Sacramento Book Review
There are few books that have impacted me so deeply as Louise Geesedeh
Barton's SO FAR TO RUN. <read more>
Cyrus Webb - radio talk show host
Her story caught my breath mid-chest and brought tears to my eyes on many occasions.
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Jennifer Gehlhar - professional editor
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I read this book in one day. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down.
Fran Lewis
There are few books that have impacted me so deeply as Louise Géesedeh Barton's SO FAR TO RUN.
Cyrus Webb
Rarely is a memoir written in such singularly powerful fashion as this one.
Andrea Huehnerhoff
Her story caught my breath mid-chest and brought tears to my eyes on many occasions.
Jennifer Gehlhar
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