aired the week of April 16, 2012

Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder is the 2012 All Iowa Reads title. It follows Deogratias a medical student from the central African country of Burundi who escapes ethnic genocide in his country by coming to New York. He has only $200 in his pocket, knows no one and speaks no English. Within several years he is a student at Columbia University and looking to go home to help his fellow countrymen. A moving true story of triumph over tragedy.