Whenever there is a murder on a college campus, the public and media always seem to ask why it happened. Author Melanie Thernstrom tries to understand what happened at Harvard in 1995 when Sinedu Tadesse murdered her roommate, Trang Ho. After her travels, visiting both sets of family and friends of the two roommates, Thernstrom wrote Halfway Heaven (364.1523 THE).
Sinedu , a shy but very determined, intelligent young girl, grew up in Ethiopia, a country that was torn apart by civil war. In the village where she grew up, almost the entire town stops everything when there is a funeral which is done quickly after the death.
Boston magazine featured "25 Who Can Save Boston," including such prominent people as the mayor, the governor, the president of MIT. One entry is of a Harvard freshman named Trang Ho who destiny was ruined by the hand of Sinedu who stabbed her over and over in her sleep.
This is a heart wrenching story about a promising young student who was killed by a polite, quiet roommate - an act that baffled everyone who knew the two.
c Waterloo Public Library 2008
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