Comments on: Twilight In The Morning

By: pompi

pompi — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:16:53 +0000

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.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: nsamwa ndalima

nsamwa ndalima — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:48:28 +0000

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.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Stef7908

Stef7908 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:09:28 +0000

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.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Marcella Cipriano

Marcella Cipriano — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:11:09 +0000

What a joy this book was to read. One does not come across too many books where you become mesmerized from the very beginning, where you could quite possibly read it from cover to cover in one sitting….it is that good. You will fall in love with the characters, Saara and Denver. Especially Saara when you see how she maintains her dignity and carries on despite her horrendous loss. We, who are so used to what we have and take things so for granted, will find it hard to believe that such ways of life do exist in this day and age. I heartily applaud Ms. Lungu and thank her for this gift.
Rating: 5 / 5