Drums on the Night Air: A Woman's Flight from Africa's Heart of Darkness
by Veronica Cecil | Journals | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1849016410 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1849016410 Global Overview for this book
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of Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on 3/10/2013
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Amazon Editorial Review
Veronica Cecil was twenty-five years old when her husband was offered a job at a large multi-national company in the Congo. Filled with enthusiasm for their new life, the couple and their eleven-month-old son set off for an African adventure. Very soon, however, Veronica began to realise that life in the Congo was not what she had imagined. Food shortages were an everyday occurrence; she felt like an outsider at the club in Leopoldville, which only the Belgians and other expats frequented; and flickers of violence were starting to erupt everywhere. Six months later Veronica and her family were sent to Elizabetha, a remote palm oil plantation on the banks of the Congo River. But even here paradise didn't last. Civil war broke out, and the rebels captured the neighbouring town of Stanleyville and took all the whites hostage. Despite the fact that Veronica was on the verge of giving birth, the situation was so dangerous that she and her toddler had to be evacuated. Leaving her husband and all their possessions behind, she and her son began on a two-day journey through the jungle. But on the plane back to Leopoldville, the first labour pains began...Praise for "Letters From Abroad", written and read by Veronica Cecil, BBC Radio 4: ". ..absolutely enthralling." ("Daily Telegraph"). "Blending her personal memories with the wider picture, Miss Cecil effortlessly packs more into her quarter hour than many an hour long documentary..." ("Daily Mail").
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Veronica Cecil was twenty-five years old when her husband was offered a job at a large multi-national company in the Congo. Filled with enthusiasm for their new life, the couple and their eleven-month-old son set off for an African adventure. Very soon, however, Veronica began to realise that life in the Congo was not what she had imagined. Food shortages were an everyday occurrence; she felt like an outsider at the club in Leopoldville, which only the Belgians and other expats frequented; and flickers of violence were starting to erupt everywhere. Six months later Veronica and her family were sent to Elizabetha, a remote palm oil plantation on the banks of the Congo River. But even here paradise didn't last. Civil war broke out, and the rebels captured the neighbouring town of Stanleyville and took all the whites hostage. Despite the fact that Veronica was on the verge of giving birth, the situation was so dangerous that she and her toddler had to be evacuated. Leaving her husband and all their possessions behind, she and her son began on a two-day journey through the jungle. But on the plane back to Leopoldville, the first labour pains began...Praise for "Letters From Abroad", written and read by Veronica Cecil, BBC Radio 4: ". ..absolutely enthralling." ("Daily Telegraph"). "Blending her personal memories with the wider picture, Miss Cecil effortlessly packs more into her quarter hour than many an hour long documentary..." ("Daily Mail").
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Journal Entry 2 by keeta1 at Howick Post Office in Howick, Auckland Province New Zealand on Sunday, October 5, 2014
keeta1 at Howick Post Office in Howick, Auckland Province New Zealand on Sunday, October 5, 2014
Released 9 yrs ago (10/5/2014 UTC) at Howick Post Office in Howick, Auckland Province New Zealand
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