The book takes the reader through the complete lifecycle of an expatriate working and living in Nairobi, from growing to love Africe to realising that if I did not leave on an aeroplane, I would leave in a wooden box.
The book recalls the abject poverty, sickness and violence experienced when living in Nairobi, where every day there are 10 car jackings and at least 2 peopel are shot to death by robbers every day.
At the same time the book explains why it is impossible not to fall in love with the people of Kenya, the country and its wildlife.
Sherlyn Powell opens up about her love and devotion to her family and the overwhelming repercussion when communication breaks down. Heartbroken and distraught she learns to release her prayer and realize with faith God would reunite her family.
At the young of age of seven, Jill's mother Eve takes her for regular sessions to a child psychologist for treatment of her anxiety, which only makes her behavior worse. When she reaches her teens, she starts drinking and then smoking marijuana with
