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Naomi Benaron is a renowned author whose works span various genres, including novels, non-fiction, and children's literature. Her books often delve into complex social issues and are praised for their profound insights and rich imagination.

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“In Europe, his contacts apologized and said there was nothing they could do. They would keep trying, but no one was listening. Rwanda had no oil or strategic interest, no diamonds or gold.”

Rwandan Genocide

Author:Naomi Benaron

“Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other.”

Giving Doe Evil Feet Fronts Events Unspeakable

Author:Naomi Benaron

“When readers close the covers on Running the Rift, I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but rather a story of hope and rebirth.”

Want Stories Running Novel Reader Genocide Rebirth Rift

Author:Naomi Benaron

“I'm a triathlete. Running is when I do my best living and my best thinking. I love the discipline, pushing yourself to suffer as much as you can, because it leads to a form of redemption.”

Thinking Running Form Suffering Discipline Redemption Pushing Push Yourself

Author:Naomi Benaron

“I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.”

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Author:Naomi Benaron

“Your hope is the most beautiful and the saddest in the world.”

World Beautiful Saddest

Book:Running the Rift

Source: Running the Rift

“Wherever God spends the day, He comes home to sleep in Rwanda.”

Home Sleep Coming Home Rwanda

Book:Running the Rift

Source: Running the Rift

“I was brought up in the shadow of the Holocaust. My mother lost most of her family, and I didn't realize how much the guilt of survivorship weighed on her until I was an adult.”

Mother Lost Realizing Adults Shadow Guilt Holocaust

Author:Naomi Benaron

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