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Green Oranges on Lion Mountain 2nd Edition
Author(s): Emily Joy (Author)
- Publisher: Eye Books
- Publication Date: 1 Aug. 2010
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 270 pages
- ISBN-10: 1903070732
- ISBN-13: 9781903070734
Book Description
Emily Joy puts on her rose-tinted specs, leaves behind her comfortable middle class life as a doctor in York and heads off for two years voluntary work at a remote hospital in Sierra Leone. Emily finds the prospect of life in a rural African village less than enticing. There is no equipment, no water, no electricity and, worst of all, no chocolate to treat her nasty case of unrequited love. Despite this, the Sierra Leoneans she meets (who, after all, have far worse problems to think about) inspire her with their courage and vivacity. Dr Em’s poignant and often hilarious adventures show us how fulfilling volunteering can be.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Joy is no Mother Teresa. But her refreshing honesty and humour combine to make her tale all the more harrowing, yet simultaneously uplifting. –The Herald
Green Oranges on Lion Mountain illustrates the tenacity and determination of the people of Sierra Leone. –Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York
A fantastic book with humanity and humour. It i both uplifting and an extraordinary tale of the power of the human spirit. –Phil Hammond
About the Author
Emily spent her early years as an airforce daughter in England, moving to Scotland after her father crashed his plane into a stray water buffalo. She went to medical school in Edinburgh where she indulged in squash and eating chocolate. After graduating she opted for the life of a GP and set up shop in York. But it wasn’t long before she was dreaming about life beyond her cosy back street surgery. VSO sent her to Sierra Leone where she spent two and a half enormously eventful years. She eventually returned to York with her moans about the NHS curbed and her life enriched from having experienced a culture so different from her own. Whether or not it helped her find her man or not, we will never know, but she now lives in relative bliss with her husband and two small children.
