Tracy Kidder

Quail Ridge Books & Music and the NCSU Friends of the Library present Tracy Kidder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and author of many bestsellers including Mountains Beyond Mountains, will read from his new book Strength in What Remains. At NC State's McKimmon Center, at 7:30 (doors open at 6:30). ... (more)Admission is $5 or free with purchase of Strength in What Remains from Quail Ridge Books & Music.

$5 tickets go on sale Tues., Sept. 1st. Harvard Book Store is delighted to welcome back Pulitzer Prize-winning author and literary journalist TRACY KIDDER to discuss his most recent work, Strength in What Remains. Strength in What Remains is Kidder's account of Deogratias, or Deo, a young man from the ... (more)central African nation of Burundi, who arrives in America in search of a new life. Having survived a civil war and genocide, plagued by horrific dreams, he lands at JFK airport with two hundred dollars, no English, and no contacts. He ekes out a precarious existence delivering groceries, living in Central Park, and learning English by reading dictionaries in bookstores. Then Deo begins to meet the strangers who will change his life, pointing him eventually in the direction of Columbia University, medical school, and a life devoted to healing.

In his new book Strength in What Remains, Pullitzer prize winner Tracy Kidder tells the extraordinary story of Deo. Escaping war torn Burundi, this young man arrives in New York City with $50 in his pocket in search of a new life. As in his remarkable Mountains Beyond Mountains, the author shows us the ... (more)heroism inherent in ordinary people and how, against all odds, the determination and vision of one person can create a ripple effect which reaches out and benefits the lives of many. Please join us to listen to this important and inspiring story.

Tracy Kidder's latest book Strength in What Remains, is the story of Deo, a young student of medicine in Burundi who gets caught up in the ethnic violence ravaging the country. On the run for half a year, saved by a woman who claimed to be his mother, he finds his way to New York and begins life as an ... (more)illegal immigrant, working for poverty wages, sleeping in whatever shelter he can find, recalling his university life with longing. With the help of benefactors, Deo is able to graduate from Columbia and attend Dartmouth Medical School, and to return, eventually, to Burundi and build a health clinic. Tracy Kidder, whose Mountains Beyond Mountains inspired so many people, has done it again.

Tracy Kidder's latest book Strength in What Remains, is the story of Deo, a young student of medicine in Burundi who gets caught up in the ethnic violence ravaging the country. On the run for half a year, saved by a woman who claimed to be his mother, he finds his way to New York and begins life as an ... (more)illegal immigrant, working for poverty wages, sleeping in whatever shelter he can find, recalling his university life with longing. With the help of benefactors, Deo is able to graduate from Columbia and attend Dartmouth Medical School, and to return, eventually, to Burundi and build a health clinic. Tracy Kidder, whose Mountains Beyond Mountains inspired so many people, has done it again.