Twilight In The Morning (Paperback)

by Theresa Lungu (Author)
Key Phrases: Theresa Lungu, Twilight In The Morning, New York (more...)

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Product Description
Denver Milestone is a pediatrician at a state hospital in Harlem, New York when he goes to work at a refugee camp in post-genocide Rwanda (Central Africa). His stay in Africa is life changing as he comes face-to-face with AIDS and poverty. Just when he begins to feel comfortable, he is critically wounded in a landmine ambush and is flown back to the United States.

Saara Rushimana is a Rwandan nurse at the refugee camp. Her entire family was murdered in the genocide, but she lives her challenged life with grace. When she seeks political asylum in the United States, little does she know that she will be thrown into a detention center and be made to endure prison like conditions.

This is the story of two people whose very different lives meet and intertwine in a tale of overwhelming tragedy, endurance and love.

Will Denver survive the attack? Can Saara find her husband's family and tell them about the child she is carrying?

Read on.

About the Author
Theresa Lungu was born and raised in Zambia. She now lives in New York where she runs a project that is helping provide books for her hometown library back in Africa.

Product Details

• Paperback: 154 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (December 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595301916
• ISBN-13: 978-0595301911
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,853,624 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an intelligent love story, March 25, 2004

By	pompi "pompomcito" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

Set against the backdrop of Rwanda and New York, this mesmerizing story about a young nurse who has lost her family, pulls at your heart. Lungu describes a refugee camp in Africa, something which is out of the ordinary for most people. An interesting examination of the differences and simliarities between Africans and African-Americans. She subtly points out the things that Americans take for granted . It reads like a movie. Its easy to imagine the characters up on the big screen.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Twight in the morning, March 27, 2004

By	nsamwa ndalima (new york city) - See all my reviews

In twilight in the morning, Lungu brings to life two different lives of two people, from the opposite sides of the world,who come togther in the face of human tragedy, war, disease, poverty and death. Denver a peadiatrician from New York city tired of the city life takes up a position in a refuge camp in war torn Rwanda, just after the horriffic genocide.
Saara a Registered nurse whose whole family is massacred in the genocide, works in the same refuge camp Denver,has gone to work.
In Rwanda Denver sees life like he has never imagined, there he sees the strong fighting spirit of a people who refuses to give up and die.
In the middle of tyring to heal other's suffering, Saara learns to love and trust human beings again. Denver's love helps Saara to finally heal from her well covered pain of the loss of her family .
Lungu takes you in the hills of Rwanda, you are right there watching all the pain, courage, strength and the love the people there share. It is beautiful... deep, a must read. It teaches, it makes you laugh and cry ... definetly this is a must have, it is all so new , the writing so fresh. one wonders where Lungu has been all these years. Welcome Lungu.

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must" Read, February 23, 2008

By	Stef7908 "Stef7908" (Georgetown, MA) - See all my reviews

Twilight in the Morning is more than a compelling love story; rather, it is a love story which addresses complex issues relating to post-genocide Rwanda and the treatment of asylum seekers in the United States. The author writes in a very vivid style which brings the story alive for the reader. I truly enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it.