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Robin Rosenbluth, the Author of “Living With Strangers: Healing A Wounded Heart in a Distant Land” has written a heartfelt, emotional, and thought-provoking memoir. The Genres for this book are Memoir, NonFiction, Adoption,Coming of Age, and Friendship. The Author alternates the present, where she is a young White and Jewish college student volunteering and working in Kenyan, teaching Elementary school to young students. She also teaches the adults English. The conditions are difficult, the desert, the elements, the bugs, the animals, the food, the trees and plants and the culture. There are no modern conveniences, but Robin is willing to learn and adapt to the conditions. Robin is uncomfortable going to the Church, which is responsible for many things. In the past, the Author had a tragic and traumatic childhood. After her mother died from Cancer, she was a young child looking after her younger sister. Her Father abandoned her and made his request that his children be put in foster homes, rather than with relatives. The Conditions were not the best in the the Foster Homes. Despite the obstacles, Robin was able to go to college.
While Robin is teaching she is making friends, learning the customs and getting the feeling of acceptance and appreciation. I appreciate how the Author discusses foster care, adoption, discrimination, racism and diversity. The Author also mentions her appreciation of family, friends, community, love and hope. I would highly recommend this intriguing and captivating story.
