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Green Oranges on Lion Mountain
£9.99
‘A fantastic book with humanity and humour’ Dr Phil Hammond
Dr Emily Joy, a not-quite-qualified family doctor, arrives for two years at a remote hospital in Sierra Leone.
There is no water, no electricity, no oxygen and no chocolate to treat her nasty case of unrequited love. The oranges are green, the bananas are black and her patients are, well, really poorly. Then the rebels invade.
But green oranges give sweet orange juice and, if the people of Sierra Leone can remain so optimistic, so can Dr Em.
Her poignant and often hilarious adventures show us how fulfilling volunteering can be – even against the backdrop of civil war.
‘Joy is not Mother Teresa. But her refreshing honesty and humour combine to make her tale all the more harrowing, yet simultaneously uplifting’ The Herald
‘A fine book which sets our selfish Western concerns alongside the grim reality of life in Africa’ Press and Journal
‘Very down to earth, very funny, very human’ Yorkshire Evening Post
‘Inspirational’ British Medical Journal
Paperback: 270pp
Publisher: Eye (August 2010)
ISBN: 9781903070734
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