With what remains - Lesley Bilinda

Ten years ago Lesley Bilinda wrote the acclaimed book The Colour of Darkness, a personal account of the horrors of the Rwandan genocide in which she lost her husband Charles. For a decade she has lived with no knowledge of how Charles died, or the identity of his killers.


She returned to Rwanda last year, with a documentary film crew in tow, to uncover the truth. But in between traumatic encounters with the men she suspected responsible for his death, a very different truth emerged - Charles had been having an affair before and during their marriage.


This beautifully-written and moving story charts Lesley's physical and emotional journey through a post-genocide Rwanda still shrouded in deceit and confusion. Despite the painful revelations, she gained a new sense of freedom from knowing the truth, and a fresh belief in herself and in God.