Sewing hope : Joseph Kony tore these girls' lives apart. Can she stitch them back together? / Reggie Whitten and Nancy Henderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitten, Reggie, author.

Henderson, Nancy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kony, Joseph.

Lord's Resistance Army.

Girls--Violence against--Uganda.

Girls.

Children and war--Uganda.

Children and war.

Child soldiers--Uganda.

Child soldiers.

Children and violence--Uganda.

Children and violence.

Political violence--Uganda.

Political violence.

Psychic trauma in children--Uganda.

Psychic trauma in children.

Children--Uganda--Social conditions.

Children.

Social conditions.

Uganda.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

236 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Joseph Kony tore these girls' lives apart. Can she stitch them back together?

Place of Publication:

Oklahoma City, OK : Dust Jacket Press, [2013]

Summary:

Sewing Hope tells the story of one woman's fight to bring hope back to her nation. Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe presides over Saint Monica Girls' Tailoring Centre, School in Gulu, Uganda. She lived through the horror created by Kony's LRA and now works to heal the wounds he inflicted on her people. She invites formerly abducted girls to Saint Monica where they learn skills to provide for their families. Through vocational training, these young women gain independence. Through community with their fellow students, they find forgiveness. Through the restoration of their lost futures, they find hope.

Contents:

Part One: Of coffee and caterpillars ; Tough and ready ; Sister, not saint ; Stitches ; Caught in the cross fire

Part two: Hidden horror ; A new mission ; My sister's keeper ; Brave heart ; Children of murderers ; Ladies in training

Part Three: An Okie in Uganda ; Pros for Africa ; Sisters United ; War of the heart

Epilogue by Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe

Afterword by Reggie Whitten.

ISBN:

9781937602949

193760294X

OCLC:

880397239