This is the remarkable true story of a young British doctor who travels to humid, insect-infested Ecuador and sets up a village health centre and child sponsorship scheme. Young free and single, and dedicated to her mission, she is certainly not expecting to encounter love. Should she open her heart? Or will doing so lead to an end of all her dreams? This unforgettable account of lives touched and changed by heartbreaking tragedy and restoring, redeeming love will transport you to a land brimming with iguanas and humming birds, and leave you inspired.
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / GeneralCurrently ranked 7 in Ecuador category on amazon.co.uk.
Prologue
I opened my bleary eyes in confusion as Tamara rushed into our bedroom waving a cooked, whole guinea-pig she had extracted from the fridge. “Want meat, want meat, Mummy,” she cried. I am not at my best at six o’ clock in the morning and being woken in such a manner did not help matters. “Surely you can´t want guinea-pig for breakfast,” I moaned into my pillow.
Living in Ecuador was never dull, that was for sure. Every day brought new surprises and challenges. My children were more used to eating green bananas and chicken feet soup than a good old cheese sandwich or baked beans on toast. They rode their great-granny’s horses bareback and swam in the village river. They sucked oranges fresh from the trees in the garden and watermelons grown on our farm. They wondered why I freaked out if they wanted to get on a motorbike like the other children around them did and did not run in long grass for fear of snakes.
Sometimes everything seemed so alien and weird to me. Life seemed unsafe and very unpredictable. I felt like I had no control over what happened to my family. I wondered if I were being utterly irresponsible for bringing up my daughters in this environment.
Sometimes life seemed amazing. Sometimes we had the chance to change a life, to touch the untouchables, to be God´s hands for precious children everyone else had forgotten.
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Italian
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Already translated.
Translated by SARA DI NARDO
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Spanish
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Translation in progress.
Translated by Lola Orcha Soler
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