The misfortunes of poor Edmond Dantès fascinated me. Would I return to my country? But should I, like him, become the Count of Monte Cristo, exact vengeance? How can one save one's child from certain death? Should one, as the narrator's father believes, trust the school so that she obtains a 'good diploma'? In this way she would no longer be Hutu or Tutsi: she would attain the inviolable status of the 'evolved'. To obtain this precious certificate, she will have to take the path of exile. Mixing humor and pain, this story tells of the struggle, from Rwanda to France, waged by a woman with an unwavering will.