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Where the Hell is Tuvalu?
Philip Ells
How does a young City attorney end up as the People's Lawyer of the fourth-smallest country in the world, 12,000 kilometres from home?
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Virgin Publishing
June 2006
256 pages ISBN: 0753511304 Paperback
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Non-Fiction
We've all thought about getting off the treadmill,
turning life on its head and doing something worthwhile.
Philip Ells dreamed of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and
palm trees, and he found these in the tiny Pacific island
state of Tuvalu. But neither his Voluntary Service Overseas
briefing pack nor his legal training could prepare him for
what happened there. He learned to deal with
rapes, murders, incest, the unforgivable crime of pig theft
and to look a shark in the eye. But he never dared ask the
octogenarian Tuvaluan chief why he sat immobilised by a
massive rock permanently resting on his groin. Well, you
wouldn't, would you?
This is a story of a UK
attorney colliding with a Pacific island culture. The
fallout is moving, dramatic, bewildering and often
hilarious.
* A hilarious journey to Tuvalu -- a paradise
island in the South Pacific and world's fourth smallest
country
* Inspiring story for anyone dreaming of leaving
the rat-race behind
* Will appeal to all the fans of Bill
Bryson
Available only in UK
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