Novel set in COPENHAGEN at Christmas
All Things Strange and Wonderful: My Adventures as a Vet in Africa
Location(s): Malawi
Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
Era(s): Contemporary
After shaking my hand, Dr Mzimba took hold of both of my wrists and turned them over so that the palms faced upward. As he studied them, they began to tingle. The Peace Corps had given me extensive cross-cultural training, but I didn’t recall anything about greetings of this nature. Then he stared into my eyes and while the tingling in my hands began to fade, my cheeks now felt as if an electrical charge was passing through them. Through a smile that filled his face, he said, ‘I’ve been waiting a long time for you, Dokotala.’
After joining the Peace Corps as a young vet, Dr Reb was sent to Malawi, Africa, for a two-year stint. He thought he would be able to help the local people with their animals and maybe stumble on an adventure or two. What he didn’t expect was his simple act of saving two puppies and teaching a local bar girl to play chess would transform the way he thought about his life forever …
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