Bill Bryson African Diary |
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 | Bill Bryson is the funniest travel writer working today, I believe, and even when he takes on what is an unpleasant task - visiting one of the most depressed areas of the world in order to raise funds for CARE, he does it in a hilarious way.
In this short little book, Bryson not only shares with us his (by turns) funny and heartbreaking journey, we also get to meet some amazing people. The lady who works twelve-hour days in order to get a profit of some $7 or $8 - the farmer who has made a fantastic farm and is very proud of it - the villagers who come out to welcome the visitors with open arms because of a well that was built, eliminating the need for the women of the village to make a seven-hour roundtrip journey to the nearest water source. This is what it's all about - this is the magical work that CARE does with the funds that are donated.
Bryson is his usual, witty self, freely confessing that the homework he did in preparing for his trip was watching Out of Africa numerous ... read more.
Written by Bill Bryson.
Published 02 December 2002.
Published by Doubleday.
rrp £9.99.
69 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 0385605145
ISBN-13: 9780385605144 | |
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