Emma's War: A True Story, (Paperback)

from johnthefireman

One of my colleagues was asked to review this book when it first appeared, and I agree with her opinion - that we are not too interested in reading about yet another rich white woman in Africa, but that the background material on Sudan's war is very good. Deborah Scroggins is a journalist who has...

from johnthefireman

One of my colleagues was asked to review this book when it first appeared, and I agree with her opinion - that we are not too interested in reading about yet another rich white woman in Africa, but that the background material on Sudan's war is very good. Deborah Scroggins is a journalist who has...

from sainsborough

This is more of an impression than a review, because I read the book some years ago. My copy has since gone into orbit, crossing continents and ending up with someone in London. (I know who you are, and I would like my book back please!) My impression was that, whether the author intended it or n...

from sainsborough

This is more of an impression than a review, because I read the book some years ago. My copy has since gone into orbit, crossing continents and ending up with someone in London. (I know who you are, and I would like my book back please!) My impression was that, whether the author intended it or n...

from MargaretPinardAuthor

Fascinating- the author does a great job of sequencing background information about Emma, interview with colleagues and friends from different times in her life, and presenting the actual events as she observed them in Sudan. You end up feeling jealous of Emma for her verve, then awed by her dedi...