Edina, MN : Beavers Pond Press, c2011.
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• With a dedication from Garrison Keillor –Cover.
• Somalia. Sharmake, health-care worker, success story — Liberia. Moses, strong man, victim of torture Semantics, bold critic, committed journalist — Burma (Myanmar). Kaw Lah, goal setter, human being Lah Paw, community gardener, eager learner Josiah, pastor, community leader — Zimbabwe. Malaba, former prisoner, family man Maka, motivated mother, determined advocate — Ethiopia. Hiruy, rights holder, seeker of hope Munira, young woman, freedom chaser — Democratic Republic of Congo. Abdul & Dunia, world citizens, true Minnesotans — Iraq. Sena, self-starter, cross-cultural navigator — Bhutan. Krishna, father, future US citizen Prakash & Shailesh, brothers, thankful survivors Januka, daughter, witness of change –Cameroon. Bayongson, civil servant, man of God.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185).
• Eighteen new Minnesotans, refugees and asylees from nine different countries, share stories of fear, courage, sorrow, and hope for enriched futures in the United States.

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