If Malaria Couldn't Kill Me, The Genocide Couldn't Kill Me, And COVID Couldn't Kill Me, I Don't See How Cancer Will: Faith, Loss, and Survival: The Untold ... Genocide, COVID, and a Cancer Diagnosis

In this powerful memoir, R. Mannessen traces a life shaped by unimaginable hardship and unshakable faith. As a child, she survived the Rwandan Genocide, then endured malaria, the fear and uncertainty of COVID, and finally a breast cancer diagnosis that could have shattered everything. But this is not a story of victimhood. It is a story of endurance, motherhood, identity, grief, and the quiet strength it takes to keep living when life keeps asking more than seems possible. With honesty and grace, Mannessen reveals how trauma can leave lasting scars while also deepening compassion, gratitude, and purpose. Readers will witness the emotional cost of survival, the ache of loss, and the sustaining power of love and God's presence through every season. For anyone seeking hope after tragedy, courage in the face of illness, or a reminder that diagnosis and trauma do not define a person, this memoir offers a moving testament to resilience and the will to live fully. Read more