By Eve Brown-Waite
In this laugh-out-loud humorous memoir, a pampered urban lady falls head over little-black-heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him—literally—to the ends of the earth.
Eve Brown regularly concept she could subscribe to the Peace Corps sometime, even if she secretly frightened approximately lifestyles with no sushi, frothy espresso beverages, and air-con. yet with university degree in hand, it used to be time to place up or close up. So with a few ambivalence she arrives on the Peace Corps office—sporting her top safari stylish clothes —to casually inspect the stairs one may take if one have been to turn into an international humanitarian, à los angeles Angelina Jolie. but if Eve meets John, her rushing younger Peace Corps recruiter, all her ambivalence flies out the window. She completely must subscribe to the Peace Corps—and win John's middle within the strategy. Off to Ecuador she is going and—after a 12 months within the jungle - again to the States she runs, vowing to stick inside effortless succeed in of a decaf cappuccino for the remainder of her days.
But lifestyles had different plans. simply as she's getting reacquainted with the fun of bathroom paper, John will get a role with CARE, and Eve needs to make a decision if she’s up for all times in one other third-world outpost. prior to you could say, "pass the malaria prophylaxis," the couple heads off to Uganda, and the joys fairly begins—if you'll be able to name having rats on your bathroom enjoyable. thankfully, in Eve’s case one definitely can, simply because, to her, each event is an event to be embraced, and those pages come alive with all the however poignant and uproarious details.
With wit and candor, First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria chronicles Eve’s misadventures as an aspiring do-gooder. From intestinal parasites to getting stuck in a civil struggle, tradition clashes to unforeseen friendships, here's a decent and laugh-out-loud humorous examine the hunt for romance and purpose–from a lady who reveals either within the final position she anticipated to discover them.
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