Survivor's Story to Benefit SURF
The incredible story of Jeanne Jansen, an orphan of the genocide in Rwanda, is to benefit survivors with half of the royalties from sales of a new book on her life - written by her adopted mother, Hanna - to go to SURF. Jeanne's entire family was killed in the genocide in 1994, in which one million Rwandans were murdered in just one hundred days. Jeanne today lives in Germany, with Hanna, her husband and her eight other children, most of whom are war orphans. The book - Over A Thousand Hills I Walk With You - tells the incredible, inspiring and moving story of Jeanne's experience, who was just 8 years old at the time of the genocide.
SURF Founder and Director, Mary Blewitt, is going to say a few words at the launch of Over A Thousand Hills I Walk With You. The book launch is on 19th June , at 6.30 pm at the Andersen Press, 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA. There are a limited number of tickets still available for the event. If you are interested, please contact Anna Bowen at Andersen Press on 020 7840 8710 or via abowen@randomhouse.co.uk.
The book is published by Andersen Press and is available from all good bookshops and Amazon from 7th June 2007 (RRP £6.99).