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Green Oranges on Lion Mountain: The Accidental Optimist (Paperback)

by Emily Joy (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 270 pages
  • Publisher: Eye Books (15 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903070295
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903070291
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,078 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'I found this book inspirational' British Medical Journal 'Very down to earth, very funny, very human.' Yorkshire Evening Post 'A fine book which sets our selfish Western concerns alongside the grim reality of life in Africa.' Aberdeen Journal

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brigit Jones with a scalpel and rebels, 28 Sep 2004
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This is such a fun read that you don't notice when things start to get serious, by which time you're hooked. Dr Em is so full of human weakness that you just have to cheer when she manages to limp through each inevitable disaster. You wonder how she survives, never mind her patients. But somehow she pulls it off, leaving you laughing and crying and thinking perhaps you might just jump on a plane too. She uses lots of dialogue so you feel you're in Africa with her friends. And you care what happens to them when Sierra Leone is plunged into tragedy. The human spirit will never be crushed.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars a refreshingly good travel book, 5 Jun 2005
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This is a well above average piece of travel writing from an author that should try her hand at more. Green Oranges has just the right blend of wit and black humour to keep it rolling along and Joy's ability to win you over very quickly makes it all the more effective when she tackles the darker side of her experiences. If you can ignore the terrible cover then you are in for a nice surprise.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars refreshingly honest,with gentle humour, 21 Sep 2005
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brilliant read! Powerful,yet gentle, joyful yet heartbreaking. i bought this book for my 3 close friends and all were delighted with it and have since recommended it to their book clubs.
This is a book about travel with the delicaces of human nature, and atrocities of life, wriiten first hand.
I commend people like our Emily Joy, and urge you to read it.I am a better person for it,the inspiration of this wonderful persons ability to care and keep caring, will remain always.
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