Faina and Aubert were a young married couple with a baby when genocidal violence engulfed Rwanda. As Tutsis, they were immediately marked for death.

Separated amid the chaos, they spent three months struggling to survive as their country descended into horror. Against all odds, they — and their child — survived and were reunited. Yet almost every one of their family members had been murdered, along with around one million other Tutsis.

Rarely has the experience of persecution and survival been rendered with such immediacy and humanity. Through vivid, unforgettable episodes, this memoir reveals both the depths of human cruelty and the extraordinary resilience of those who endured it. Moving, terrifying and profoundly powerful, it is a story that cannot be forgotten.