The Terrible Truth about the Truth: A Story of a Tutsi Rwandan Genocide Survivor

When Home Doesn’t Feel like Home, and When Abroad Feels Far from Home

De: Emma Kay

Narrado por: Cailyn Bell

The Terrible Truth About the Truth is an all-in-one dramatic, romantic, horrific, true story, not without some humor. As a Tutsi who experienced a number of close calls during the Tutsis genocide conducted by extremists Hutus, Emma identifies herself as a Tutsi and a genocide survivor, but many of her compatriots question that reality.

Throughout this book, Emma shares her story about a challenged relationship with her Hutu partner, their search for inclusion in their own community, and their rejection by their own people. This book describes Emma and Mike's bumpy and nearly deadly journeys, as well as the terrible conditions they found themselves in, before and after the night of April 6, 1994, when President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, until President Kagame's victory day on July 4, 1994.

Although three months don't sound like a long time, they are long enough for Emma to lose almost everyone and everything. Mike and Emma will have to start life from scratch, surprisingly with optimism and hope. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long before Emma and Mike start to realize that the end of the genocide doesn't mean the end of their troubles, the epiphany that would drive them into their exile.

Now the question is: Will Emma and Mike's dream of becoming Canadian citizens come true? Or are they once again about to face the terrible truth about the truth, as per Lucky Dube's song lyrics: "If you stand for the truth, you will always stand alone!"

©2022 Emma Kay (P)2024 Emma Kay

Love love love this book

I am a cousine to Nicole and Neoline❤️ And I’m so happy to hear the story. It is so eye-opening you should you should create a kinyarwanda version of it. So that even the random population can hear this amazing story.

Such a great read

This is one of the best book I read about Rwanda. The narrator is highly professional and kept me engaged from chap. 1 to the end. Emma is such a great story teller. At times i had to check if I’m still listening to a true story not a fictional novel. Highly recommended.