Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)
True Stories from a War Zone
$32.29
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2006
Summary
Set in the world’s most hostile war zones, this is the powerful and utterly unforgettable memoir of three United Nations workers’ struggle to make a difference.
What it’s really like on the frontline of humanitarian aid.
It’s the early 1990s and three young people are looking to change their lives, and perhaps also the world. Attracted to the ambitious global peacekeeping work of the UN, Andrew, Ken and Heidi’s paths cross in Cambodia, from where their fates are to become inex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091908867 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091908868 |
| Author: | Andrew Thomson, Kenneth Cain, Heidi Postlewait |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2006 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 127mm x 22mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Heart wrenching stuff
“Heart wrenching stuff” Metro “A riveting read that vividly dramatises the many contradictions of the world it moves through” Guardian “Vividly told, this book is all the more engaging because its perspective is personal before it is political” Daily Mail “As wonderfully written as it is controversial … impossible to put down” Sunday Telegraph “This is in every sense a hell of a good book, a powerful testament of the limits of peacekeeping in today’s war zone - acutely observed, and told with astonishing immediacy” – Philip Gourevitch,author of WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW WE WILL BE KILLED WITH OUR FAMILIES
About The Author
Andrew Thomson
Heidi Postlewait, Kenneth Cain & Andrew Thomson served in peacekeeping operations throughout the 90s. All are now based in New York.
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