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Turtle Tushies in the Land of Banana Beer: A Peace Corps Memoir
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ISBN10: 1705650864
ISBN13: 9781705650868
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 10 2019
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781705650868
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 10 2019
Pages: 434
Weight: 1.27
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Before the great sadness, before the decades of unrest there was a brief moment when hope flourished, when two ordinary people discovered an extraordinary life in the most unexpected place.
Recently married and searching for a way to make a difference, Jim and Anita Pauwels join the Peace Corps to travel half way around the world to Burundi, a tiny nation in the heart of East Africa. Armed with years of life experience, determination, curiosity and an abundance of optimism, they set out to teach inland fish farming to subsistence farmers.
Recently married and searching for a way to make a difference, Jim and Anita Pauwels join the Peace Corps to travel half way around the world to Burundi, a tiny nation in the heart of East Africa. Armed with years of life experience, determination, curiosity and an abundance of optimism, they set out to teach inland fish farming to subsistence farmers.
Through their letters home filled with wit and wonder, they invite you to step into a world of impossible roads, banana beer, temperamental motorcycles, unfamiliar languages, curious wildlife, torrential rains, unforgettable friendships and enough mud to fill up a lifetime. Along the way they discover the grace of resilience, flexibility and laughter and find that the quiet act of encouraging another human being can change lives, including their own.
Warm, funny, deeply moving and ultimately hopeful, Turtle Tushies in the Land of Banana Beer is an unforgettable memoir about cross cultural friendship, finding home in unexpected places, and discovering that the smallest acts of kindness can ripple across generations.
Please join them on a journey into the heart of Africa.
Warm, funny, deeply moving and ultimately hopeful, Turtle Tushies in the Land of Banana Beer is an unforgettable memoir about cross cultural friendship, finding home in unexpected places, and discovering that the smallest acts of kindness can ripple across generations.
Please join them on a journey into the heart of Africa.
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