No one can stop the rain : a chronicle of two foreign aid workers during the Angolan Civil War

No one can stop the rain : a chronicle of two foreign aid workers during the Angolan Civil War /

Set in central Angola during the final stages of the country's thirty-year civil war, No One Can Stop the Rain is the true story of two ordinary M©♭decins Sans Fronti©·res volunteers - a surgeon and his wife, leaving behind their comfortable lives in mid-career. In doing so they are confronted...

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Main Authors: Moorhouse, Karin, 1961- (Author), Cheng, Wei, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : Insomniac Press, 2005
Subjects:
Moorhouse, Karin, > 1961-
Cheng, Wei, > 1958-
Angola > History > South African Invasion, 1975-1976.
Angola > History > South African Incursions, 1978-1990.
Angola > History > Civil War, 1975-2002 > Personal narratives, Australian.
Angola > History > Civil War, 1975-2002 > Participation, Cuban.
Angola > History > Civil War, 1975-2002 > Civilian relief.
Personal narratives.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Busyness Trap; Chapter 2: Resolution; Chapter 3: Into the Unknown; Chapter 4: Casa Quatro; Chapter 5: Oil or Diamonds?; Chapter 6: Daily Life; Chapter 7: Patient Patients; Chapter 8: Death's Precipice; Chapter 9: Flattery for Inanities; Chapter 10: Music and Dark Thoughts; Chapter 11:170,000 Needles; Chapter 12: Nourishing News; Chapter 13: First Breath, Last Gasp; Chapter 14: Domestic Dynamics; Chapter 15: A Growing Aversion; Chapter 16: Egg and Tomato Sandwiches; Chapter 17: Absurdity; Chapter 18: Atlantic Romance; Chapter 19: Kuito Calm.

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