There Is No Me without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children.(Brief article)(Book review)

* There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children MELISSA FAY GREENE. Bloomsbury, $25.95 (352p) ISBN 1-59691-116-6

Not unlike the AIDS pandemic itself, the odyssey of Haregewoin Teferra, who took in AIDS orphans, began in small stages and grew to irrevocably transform her life from that of "a nice neighborhood lady" to a figure of fame, infamy and ultimate restoration. In telling her story, journalist Greene who had adopted two Ethiopian children before meeting Teferra, juggles political history, medical reportage and personal memoir. While succinctly interspersing a history of Ethiopia, lucidly tracing the history of AIDS from its early …