Don't Look Back: A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America - Hardcover

Deng, Achut; Hutton, Keely

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374389721 ISBN 13: 9780374389727

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 2022

Synopsis

In this propulsive memoir from Achut Deng and Keely Hutton, inspired by a harrowing New York Times article, Don't Look Back tells a powerful story showing both the ugliness and the beauty of humanity, and the power of not giving up.

I want life. <p/>After a deadly attack in South Sudan left six-year-old Achut Deng without a family, she lived in refugee camps for ten years, until a refugee relocation program gave her the opportunity to move to the United States. When asked why she should be given a chance to leave the camp, Achut simply told the interviewer: I want life. <p/>But the chance at starting a new life in a new country came with a different set of challenges. Some of them equally deadly. Taught by the strong women in her life not to look back, Achut kept moving forward, overcoming one obstacle after another, facing each day with hope and faith in her future. Yet, just as Achut began to think of the US as her home, a tie to her old life resurfaced, and for the first time, she had no choice but to remember her past.

About this title

About the Author

Achut Deng was born in South Sudan and came to America as a refugee when she was sixteen years old, a story she recounts in her memoir, Don't Look Back. She is now an American citizen and works in human resources at a meat-packing plant in South Dakota, where she also resides. She is the mother of three sons.<br /><br />Keely Hutton is a novelist, educational journalist, and former teacher. She is the recipient of the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop scholarship at Chautauqua. She has worked closely with Ricky Richard Anywar to tell his story in her first novel, Soldier Boy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374389721
• ISBN 13: 9780374389727
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368