In 1997 foreign correspondent Neely Tucker and his wife, Vita, arrived in Zimbabwe. After witnessing the devastating consequences of AIDS and economic disaster on the country’s children, the couple started volunteering at an orphanage where a critically ill infant, abandoned in a field on the day she was born, was trusted to their care. Within weeks, Chipo, the baby girl whose name means “gift,” would come to mean everything to them. Their decision to adopt her, however, would challenge an unspoken social norm: that foreigners should never adopt Zimbabwean children. Against a background of war, terrorism, disease, and unbearable uncertainty about the future, Chipo’s true story emerges as an inspiring testament to the miracles that love—and dogged determination—can sometimes achieve.
Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir
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Author: Tucker, Neely
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9781400081608
Details:
Author: Tucker, Neely
Brand: Broadway Books
Color: Cream
Binding: Paperback
Format: Picture Book
Number Of Pages: 288
Release Date: 05-04-2005
Part Number: 9781400081608
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781400081608
