What a fantastic book that attempts to bring most readers into a life experience vastly different from their own! Reading this book I was asking questions similar to the main character's, philosophical questions, with no clear textbook answers. Perhaps it's because of this lack of definition - a hard to understand case of human behavior - that makes the book hard to put down and at the same time emotionally difficult to continue reading. Despite the tragedies in Burundi and neighboring Rwanda, Tracy Kidder brilliantly incorporates a feeling of hope and revitalization.