A very quick read. This is the first Peace Corps memoir I've ever read. I know there are a lot of them floating around out there. This book gives a good idea of what a Peace Corps volunteer might do in a small African village. If you ever take simple things for granted, you need to read a book like this. No toilet paper, or substitutes for it, in this village!! Kris Holloway spent 1989-1991 in the village of Nampossela, near the border with Burkina Faso. She forged a strong friendship and working relationship with Monique Dembele, the local midwife. Together they attempted to educate the local women about child nutrition and disease prevention, while also working to improve local birthing house conditions. Holloway also met her future husband, another Peace Corps volunteer, while in Nampossela.The last two chapters of this book were really the best. More beautifully and lyrically written than the rest of the book; perhaps because they came so deeply from the author's heart.
The Drift Of Things
To yield with a grace to reason
A very quick read. This is the first Peace Corps memoir I've ever read. I know there are a lot of them floating around out there. This book gives a good idea of what a Peace Corps volunteer might do in a small African village. If you ever take simple things for granted, you need to read a book like this. No toilet paper, or substitutes for it, in this village!! Kris Holloway spent 1989-1991 in the village of Nampossela, near the border with Burkina Faso. She forged a strong friendship and working relationship with Monique Dembele, the local midwife. Together they attempted to educate the local women about child nutrition and disease prevention, while also working to improve local birthing house conditions. Holloway also met her future husband, another Peace Corps volunteer, while in Nampossela.The last two chapters of this book were really the best. More beautifully and lyrically written than the rest of the book; perhaps because they came so deeply from the author's heart.
