There Is No Me Without You

This book really taught me a lot both intellectually and personally. It taught me that I haven't the first clue about poverty, the orphan crisis, about Africa and about AIDS. The author writes in a journalistic style about a current day Ethiopian woman who after the death of her husband and later he......more

To be honest I found a lot of the writing a bit too speculative - telling us about how children felt, when the author was not there, let alone in the mind of the child concerned. But that is only a minor quibble. This is an amazing story about an amazing Ethiopian woman - Haregewoin Teferra - who to......more

I honestly cannot stop talking about this book to people. It is so well written; an engaging story told as if it were fiction although very (and sometimes horrifying) true. Even the sections of historical facts are so relevant I liked those parts too. While it is particularly relevant to me now that......more

This is one of the most profound, informative, and life-altering books that I have ever read. If I could give it six stars, I would. I started reading this book because I’m a prospective adoptive parent, looking to adopt from Ethiopia. I could not have picked a better book to explain the history and......more