Ponds of Kalambayi: A Peace Corps Memoir

Ponds of Kalambayi: A Peace Corps Memoir

Mike Tidwell
$16.95
Publication Date: October 18th, 2011
Publisher:
Lyons Press
ISBN:
9780762773664
Pages:
304
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Description

The hilarious and heart-wrenching memoir from a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire-with a new introduction.

About the Author

Mike Tidwell is founder and director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. He is also an author and documentary filmmaker whose books include Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast. He has been featured on NBC's Meet the Press and NPR, and in the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Praise for Ponds of Kalambayi: A Peace Corps Memoir

A meticulous and affecting memoir” The Washington Post

 

Deeply moving.” Kirkus Reviews

 

A riveting story” Publishers Weekly

 

A true masterwork” R. Sargent Shriver

 

Written with humor and anger, despair and aweThis is an important book.” Moritz Thomsen, author of The Farm on the River of Emeralds