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Halfway heaven : diary of a Harvard murder by Thernstrom, Melanie, 1964- is a true crime available to read on EtoBox.

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In May, 1995, a photograph and an anonymous note arrived at The Harvard Crimson: "Keep this picture. There will soon be a very juicy story involving this woman." Soon afterwards, Sinedu Tadesse stabbed her roommate, Trang Phuong Ho, to death, and then hanged herself. This riveting book recounts the stories of these women, whose admission to Harvard was "halfway heaven," a bridge to the American dream after lives of hardship. Sinedu grew up under communist tyranny in Ethiopia, while Trang was born in a Vietnamese forced labor camp, and fled the country with her father and sister to end up on welfare in Boston. Despite their similarities, the two were never friends; Trang was friendly and outgoing, while Sinedu, awkward and shy, had trouble adjusting to a culture vastly different from her own. Drawing upon her astonishing diaries, New York Times bestselling author Thernstrom, a Harvard graduate herself, reconstructs Sinedu's inner life to reveal a girl struggling against isolation and depression. The book reveals Harvard as an institution ill-equipped to deal with mental illness on campus that apparently cared more for its reputation than for its student body. A brilliant synthesis o

Who reads Halfway heaven : diary of a Harvard murder?

Author

Thernstrom, Melanie, 1964-

Publisher

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385487450

Category

true crime

Subjects

Social Science, True Crime, Crime

Rating

3.62 / 5 (240 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13