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My Decade In and Out of Humanitarian Aid
Crown
October 2013
On Sale: October 15, 2013
400 pages
ISBN: 0770436919
EAN: 9780770436919
Kindle: B00CGI3EEI
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Jessica Alexander arrived in Rwanda in the aftermath of the
1994 genocide as an idealistic intern, eager to contribute
to the work of the international humanitarian aid community.
But the world that she encountered in the field was
dramatically different than anything she could have
imagined. It was messy, chaotic, and difficult—but she was
hooked. In this honest and irreverent memoir, she introduces
readers to the realities of life as an aid worker. We watch
as she manages a 24,000-person camp in Darfur, collects
evidence for the Charles Taylor trial in Sierra Leone, and
contributes to the massive aid effort to clean up a
shattered Haiti. But we also see the alcohol-fueled parties
and fleeting romances, the burnouts and self-doubt, and the
struggle to do good in places that have long endured suffering. Tracing her personal journey from wide-eyed and naïve
newcomer to hardened cynic and, ultimately, to hopeful but
critical realist, Alexander transports readers to some of
the most troubled locations around the world and shows us
not only the seemingly impossible challenges, but also the
moments of resilience and recovery.
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