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Green Oranges on
Lion Mountain
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Green Oranges on Lion Mountain
by Emily Joy
ISBN 1903070295
To order "Green Oranges on Lion Mountain",
click on the Amazon.co.uk link below. Price £6.99
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| When your Dad can crash his
aeroplane into two water buffalo, life is unlikely to go
according to plan. Even so, Emily Joy puts on her
rose-tinted specs, leaves behind her comfortable life as a
GP in York and heads off for two years to a remote
hospital in Sierra Leone.
There she finds the oranges are green, the bananas are
black and her patients are, well, really ill. There's no
water, no electricity, no oxygen, no amputation saw and
Dr. Em is no surgeon. And there's no chocolate to treat
her nasty case of unrequited love. Then the rebels invade!
Dr. Em's problems are tiny compared to those faced by
the people of Sierra Leone. If they can remain so
optimistic, then what's Em's excuse?
Our green doctor is a bit of a yellow-belly, often
red-faced, trying to fight the blues. But green oranges
give sweet orange juice. Never judge a fruit by its colour. |
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The Author, Emily Joy:
Dr. Emily Joy was not the much longed for kind of only
child, rather, the "we never really planned on you,
dear" kind. She started life as an Airforce daughter
in the Outer Hebrides, then moved to Singapore and back to
the UK when her father crashed his aeroplane into a water
buffalo.
She went to Edinburgh University Medical School with
grand plans to save lives and discover sex. Instead she
discovered squash, alcohol and the travel bug. She worked
for two years in New Zealand, before becoming a GP in
York. Soon she was dreaming of the world beyond her cosy
back street surgery.
Perhaps two years in Sierra Leone with Voluntary
Service Overseas would fulfil her goals?
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Reviews
"Green Oranges illustrates the tenacity
and determination of the people of Sierra
Leone."
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
"Very down to earth, very funny, very
human"
Yorkshire Evening Post
"Heart-stopping stories. I couldn't
stop"
Barbara Trapido
"A fantastic book with humanity and
humour. It is both uplifting and an extraordinary
tale of the power of the human spirit"
Phil Hammond
"A real luscious fruitcake of a
book"
Sister Hilary |
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Lion Mountain
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