Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (543 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XXTJ1WD |
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| Number of Pages | : | 323 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Courtenay became a lawyer in America, and all Gettleman wanted was to be with her. But around the same time, he also fell in love with Courtenay, a fellow Cornell student - the brightest, fiercest, kindest woman he'd ever met. A beautifully rendered coming-of-age story in the tradition of Barbarian Days, Love, Africa is a tale of passion, professional rivalries, tortuous long-distance relationships, marital strife, forgiveness, parenthood, and happiness that explores the power of finding yourself in the most unexpected of places.. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times, fulfilling his teenage dream of living in Africa. On a community service trip in college, he went to Africa - a terrifying, exciting, dreamlike continent in the throes of change that imprinted itself on his imagination and heart. For the next decade, he would waver between these two abiding passions. From Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a memoir about finding love and finding a calling in one of the most violent yet most beautiful places in the world. But he also hungered to be in Africa. Finally, after a great deal of growing up, he learned to be honest with himself about what he wanted - a realizat
Rainking said Destination: Classic?. Dinesen. Markham. Gallmann. Gettleman? Thank-you, Amazon.In anticipation of a first trip to Africa, I had consumed many of the classics (and some not-so-classics) on Africa. One day a few months ago, Amazon emailed me with a “You May Also Like” –suggestion for &. "the amazing people and their culture and it is intertwined with" according to Sacred Silks International. This is a fascinating look into Africaespecially east and central Africa. What makes it tick; how it got to be where it is todaythe amazing people and their culture and it is intertwined with a beautiful love story of two people whose love grows despite the challenges. Well worth. "If you've stood on the ground in Africa, you'll understand this book" according to Marc Weisel. The author has a command of the language needed to convey the raw beauty of the Africa I love and the brutal acts of tyrants over their countrymen. Africa is a vast complicated country with unbelievable natural wonders & corruption without boundaries. I have always considered mys