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A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda

Name: A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda
Brand: Little Brown and Company
SKU: 9780316232913
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Contributors:

Josh Ruxin

Publisher:

Little Brown and Company

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Travel

Book Subcategory:

Human Geography, Personal Memoirs, Africa

Book Topic:

Central

Award:

2014 Nautilus Award Winner - Memoir Award

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Release Date:

2013-11-05

ISBN 13:

9780316232913

Weight:

1 lbs

Size:

8.30 x 5.50 x 1.30 inches

Pages:

320

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One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven.

Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: do you think you can really make a difference? Especially in a place like Rwanda, where the scars of genocide linger and poverty is rampant?

While Josh worked hard bringing food and health care to the country's rural villages, Alissa was determined to put their foodie expertise to work. The couple opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali, which became an instant success. Remarkably, they found that between helping youth marry their own local ingredients with gourmet recipes (and mix up "the best guacamole in Africa") and teaching them how to help themselves, they created much-needed jobs while showing that genocide's survivors really could work together.

While first a memoir of love, adventure, and family, A Thousand Hills to Heaven also provides a remarkable view of how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, our foreign aid programs can be quickly remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide.

About the Author
Josh Ruxin is on faculty at Columbia University, directs Health Builders, and contributes to the New York Times and Forbes. He and his wife, Alissa, live in Rwanda with their three children.

A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda

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Rwanda: With Eastern Congo

Rwanda: With Eastern Congo

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