In the middle of the night of her fifth year, living in her family's wealthy home in Rwanda, Josi Marie is woken from her sleep by a ringing telephone. It is a call that will change her life forever. Her mother gathers the children quickly to pack what they can and they quickly flee as civil war and genocide begins to tear their country apart. Their path leads to Zaire, Kenya, and for Josi, eventually New York City where she arrives with twenty-eight dollars and a dream. An emotional story of strength, perseverance, courage, and bracing honesty, Josi's autobiography is an uplifting, inspiring...
In the middle of the night of her fifth year, living in her family's wealthy home in Rwanda, Josi Marie is woken from her sleep by a ringing telephone...