SuitabookOver a thousand hills I walk with you
Hanna Jansen
- Reading
- Consider reading alongside a trusted adult, pausing after sections involving persecution, death or witnessing violence. Beforehand, explain that the story concerns the Rwandan genocide; afterwards, invite reflection without requiring personal disclosure.
- Themes
- Remembering genocide through one family: The novel makes the 1994 genocide personal by presenting one Rwandan family’s experience through Jeanne’s survival. Its stated purpose is to make the events real through an individual story, rather than provide only distant historical scale.
- Persecution and identity: Jeanne’s family is targeted as Tutsi during political troubles that unleash violence against the Tutsi ethnic group. The book?s stance on this remains unclear.
- Survival and healing: Jeanne survives after losing her family, and the book presents her courage, resourcefulness and will as central to her story. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- A reader may need space to process these themes, especially because the story is presented as haunting and emotionally intense.