The Lost Boy

USU professor Michael Sweeney has collaborated with one of the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan on the memoir “God Grew Tired of Us,” a National Geographic Press book published January 2007. The book chronicles how John Bul Dau fled to safety as a teenager after his Sudanese village was shelled during Sudan’s civil war. He then spent 14 years in a refugee camp.

For more information, contact USU journalism and communication department head Michael Sweeney [mike.sweeney@usu.edu], 435-797-3213. John Bul Dau is also featured in the documentary film with the same name as the book --- directed by Christopher Quinn, narrated by Nicole Kidman and executive-produced by Brad Pitt – debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006. It won the top awards from Sundance critics and was distributed nationwide Jan. 13, 2007.