First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and A Third World Adventure Changed My Life

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First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and A Third World Adventure Changed My Life

by Eve Brown-Waite (Goodreads Author)

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In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little black heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him —literally–to the ends of the earth.
Eve Brown always thought she would join the Peace Corps someday, although she secretly worried about life without sushi, frothy coffee drinks and air conditioning. But with college diploma in...more In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little black heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him —literally–to the ends of the earth.
Eve Brown always thought she would join the Peace Corps someday, although she secretly worried about life without sushi, frothy coffee drinks and air conditioning. But with college diploma in hand, it was time to put up or shut up. So with some ambivalence she arrives at the Peace Corps office–sporting her best safari chic attire –to casually look into the steps one might take if one were to become a global humanitarian, a la Angelina Jolie. But when Eve meets John, her dashing young Peace Corps recruiter, all her ambivalence flies out the window. She absolutely must join the Peace Corps - and win John's heart in the process. Off to Ecuador she goes and - after a year in the jungle - back to the States she runs, vowing to stay within easy reach of a decaf cappuccino for the rest of her days.

But life had other plans. Just as she's getting reacquainted with the joys of toilet paper, John gets a job with CARE and Eve must decide if she’s up for life in another third world outpost. Before you can say, "pass the malaria prophylaxis," the couple heads off to Uganda, and the fun really begins--if one can call having rats in your toilet fun. Fortunately, in Eve’s case one certainly can, because to her, every experience is an adventure to be embraced and these pages come alive with all of the alternatively poignant and uproarious details.
With wit and candor, First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria chronicles Eve’s misadventures as an aspiring do-gooder. From intestinal parasites to getting caught in a civil war, culture clashes to unexpected friendships, here is an honest and laugh-out-loud funny look at the search for love and purpose—from a woman who finds both in the last place she expected.
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EVE BROWN-WAITE was a finalist for Iowa Review, Glimmer Train, and New Millennium Writings Awards for stories she wrote about her time abroad. She lives with her husband and two children in Massachusetts.(less)

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May 16, 2009 Osho rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Title: First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
Author: Eve Brown-Waite
Publisher: Broadway Books
Year: 2009
305 pages

Brown-Waite's account of her Peace Corps and CARE experiences starts poorly but is worth sticking with. Either that or skip to the Uganda section. The memoir reads like two memoirs written at different times and in different styles. The first section, on her Peace Corps induction and placement in E...more
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Title: First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
Author: Eve Brown-Waite
Publisher: Broadway Books
Year: 2009
305 pages

Brown-Waite's account of her Peace Corps and CARE experiences starts poorly but is worth sticking with. Either that or skip to the Uganda section. The memoir reads like two memoirs written at different times and in different styles. The first section, on her Peace Corps induction and placement in Ecuador, is told in what attempts to be a humorous, snappy tone; it reads as immature, brittle, and conversational in a way that suggests that this is the part of the narrative that made her friends tell her that she should write a book about her hilarious experience. The second part, on Uganda, is more mature and considered and holds my attention. Brown-Waite emphasizes her whininess throughout, which contributes a constant, low-grade irritation to the story. She does not really answer the questions most interesting to me, such as whether her earlier anxiety and panic returned, and if not, how she understands this. I'd also have liked to know more about her relationship with her husband in the domain of foreign service. Did she want to go to Uganda? She seems to have consistently worked in social and human services, but the interior process--what she thinks and feels about it, why she's moved to do it, the effects of moving closer to her husband's world view--are largely unspoken.

I have a hard time identifying with the author, though we have some experiences and interests that are similar. However, for whatever reasons, my overseas service has been different from hers. I spent over a year without television, a car or bike, treats from the US, or new clothes. I ate vegetables and powdered chicken soup with rice because I had no oven and the meat looked creepy. I had no cappuccinos. I was also in a second world country, so the cultural contrasts were not as great. Sometimes that congruence was the problem, and I would make assumptions I wouldn't have made had it been more divergent. I'm not suggesting that I was better at having my experience than she, but rather describing it because I did not miss or fantasize about US luxuries, so it's hard for me to understand many of her areas of preoccupation.(less)

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What happens when you throw a perfectly urbanized young woman into a third-world country? Eve Brown-Waite recounts how this very experience matured her from an idealistic, naiive activist to an experienced woman of the world.[return][return]Eve gets her first taste of how the rest of the world lives through the Peace Corp. Right away, she proves how in-over-her-head she is by falling in love with her recruiter, John, and pines for him all through her time in Ecuador. Eventually, Ecuador become t...more What happens when you throw a perfectly urbanized young woman into a third-world country? Eve Brown-Waite recounts how this very experience matured her from an idealistic, naiive activist to an experienced woman of the world.[return][return]Eve gets her first taste of how the rest of the world lives through the Peace Corp. Right away, she proves how in-over-her-head she is by falling in love with her recruiter, John, and pines for him all through her time in Ecuador. Eventually, Ecuador become too much for her, and she is forced to drop out of the Peace Corp and return home. Though humbled by the experience, her time there was enough to show her how much Americans take for granted. With her beloved recruiter in hand as her newlywed husband, Eve was emboldened, albeit not terribly ecstatic, to give simple living another go in Uganda. That which seems ridiculous or scary at first eventually turns into normalcy. Along the way, she experiences numerous adventures such as: battling termite invasions, dealing with a toilet rat, being held hostage in her home, and having a baby. [return][return]Eve as the narrator grew on me: She was very whiney in the beginning, but evolved into a more mature voice in the Uganda chapters. Her obsessive fixation on John had me cringing at first, but thankfully, the book was not entirely her pining and picking baby names before the first date. Thankfully, the novel has her bold man-chasing skills tempered by a funny personality. The book maintains a sense of humor even when dealing with serious topics, such as the racist way white people are revered by Ugandans, even at the expense of their fellow countrymen. Or when discussing the firmly-held belief many Ugandans hold on how AIDS is spread: by voodoo hex![return][return]I found this book amazing in the openess of the writing, and for the perspective shed on African women's lives -- a topic that probably would have been missed if Eve were not a woman herself. The reader grows along with her as she realizes how tough the Ugandan women have it: as Eve misses her margaritas and lox-laden bagels, Ugandan mothers walk everywhere with a baby on their back and their heavy wares upon their head. And if they can't produce a baby right away, their mother-in-law will make their husbands take another wife. Also, Uganda is a hotbed for the AIDs virus. And malaria. And typhoid and cholera. Yet, as Eve noticed, they are always smiling. Ever polite, ever positive, Ugandans endure so much tragedy and violence in their lives, yet still remain pleasant people (with the exception of the armed rebels).[return][return]This book is excellent for providing a social view on Uganda and its white expatriates. Politics remain in the background (like the bullet-ridden planes from a 1976 skirmish as documented in "Raid on Entebbe"), but increasingly encroach on the expatriates' relatively peaceful lives. [return][return]This was an enjoyable read; with so many adventures experienced by the author, the pace just rolled right along. The novel shines in the chapters abroad, especially in the second half of the book. I hope the author has been to more different countries so that there might be sequels in the future!(less)

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Apr 06, 2012 Kater Cheek rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is a charming story about a young woman's experiences living overseas. As the back flap will tell you, Eve had been toying with the idea of joining the Peace Corps for years, but her mere idea became a must-do when she fell head-over-heels in love with her Peace Corps recruiter, John.

Desperate to prove herself worldly enough for him, Eve joins the Peace Corp and moves to Ecuador. At first, the poverty and depredations make her miserable, but eventually she finds a place for herself as a so...more This is a charming story about a young woman's experiences living overseas. As the back flap will tell you, Eve had been toying with the idea of joining the Peace Corps for years, but her mere idea became a must-do when she fell head-over-heels in love with her Peace Corps recruiter, John.

Desperate to prove herself worldly enough for him, Eve joins the Peace Corp and moves to Ecuador. At first, the poverty and depredations make her miserable, but eventually she finds a place for herself as a social worker/reverse Peter Pan, helping lost boys find their way home.

When a medical event causes her to move back to the states, Eve goes back to dating John, sure that now that she's proved herself, they can live happily ever after in a first world country. But John hasn't shaken the ex-pat bug, and the two soon find themselves living in northern Uganda, in a city that most Americans are forbidden to go to (because it's too dangerous.)

I thought this was going to be something of a cautionary tale about what happens when a woman does something she really doesn't want to do in order to be with the man she loves. But it's not that, not really. It's mostly just a memoir of someone who did what many of us wished we had done--travel the world and have adventures. Even the stories of getting malaria and dysentry, of gunfire in the streets and termites swarming in the house didn't keep me from envying her, just a little.

Like most good travelogues, this book will make you feel that you experienced the good parts of her trips while shielding you from some of the bad parts. It may make you wish you could go on a safari of your own, or wistful that you, too, didn't join the Peace Corps. (Or is it really too late? They take old people, don't they?)

I listened to this as an audiobook, and shockingly enough, I didn't hate the narrator. She "did voices" for most of the people, but I felt the voices added, rather than detracted, from the story.

I recommend this for former ex-pats, people who wished they were ex-pats right now, and people who like travelogues.(less)

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Dec 15, 2011 Jill Furedy rated it 4 of 5 stars

I liked Eve the first paragraph or two into the author's note, so I knew I'd enjoy this one. The contrast between her lack of confidence in her ability to carry out her self imposed adventures and the reality of her actually making good on those goals was fun. Granted, she wasn't able to change the world or even make as big a ripple as she'd planned, but she adapted into the circumstances and she tried to help improve people's lives, even if it didn't always stick. Her role in helping boys reuni...more

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Oct 05, 2011 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chicklit, travel

This book was good, but dated. Hello, right up my ally! For the most part I liked it, but I am going to say the big thing that I didn't like. It tried to jam too much into a short book. I wish the author had written like two books, one about her time in the Peace Corp and maybe her courtship with her husband and then another book about their time in Africa. Instead, it was jammed into one, kind of short, book. And in doing that, lots of detail was left out. And it's the details I would have like...more

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Apr 19, 2010 Jeannie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Can I rate the first section five stars and the second section three? Being a RPCV (returned Peace Corps volunteer) and ex-"expat" myself, the book rang true. I laughed out loud about gamma globulin shots, weekly Newsweek magazines, host families that, with the best of intentions, will never leave you alone, scary staging in Miami, crazy water heaters, people going through your personal hygiene products trying to figure them out, etc. It was a fun, realistic look at the well-meaning, and often m...more

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Jun 21, 2009 LeAnne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-non-fiction, africa, biography-memoir

CARE and the Peace Corps do not have the same lifestyle as missionaries, but the confusion and frustrations of being plunged into a small town in a developing country are very similar. The fact is that negative events are much funnier to read about than pleasant ones, and Eve Brown-Waite’s misadventures in Ecuador and Uganda will have you laughing out loud whether you have ever been in a developing country or not. Those of us who have, will see ourselves and our friends in everything from making...more

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Jun 06, 2009 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

First Comes Love, then comes Malaria is Eve's memoir of how she met her husband as well as she experiences with the Peace Corps. For a long time Eve would mention to everyone how she was going to join the Peace Corps but she never really imagined she would actually do it. That all changed with Eve met John.

John worked for the Peace Corps. He also happened to be the recruiter that Eve met with, when she went for her interview. Those two hours of Eve's time was the most wonderous time of her life...more

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Apr 21, 2009 Marieke rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, africa, great-african-reads-book-club, memoir, non-fiction, united-states

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Jan 08, 2009 Andrea rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: africa, travel, east-africa

The cover and title are misleading. This book is more culturally sensitive and aware than I expected. Detailed description of culture shock and adaptation make the book worth reading. The author does not spend much time describing the places or cultures she interacts with. But she is refreshingly honest about her reactions to the disorientation and frustration of dealing with a totally unfamiliar culture and the addictive qualities of "aid" work.

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Jul 04, 2012 Meg rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am trying to read some books this summer...and have kept this one on my shelf for the summer. A book about the Peace Corps? And living in developing countries? PERFECT. I saw this book at Borders, back when Borders was a place I could spend the evening exploring....and grabbed a copy as soon as I could.

This book is about a woman who falls in love with a Peace Corps recruiter....who later she marries (first she lives in Ecuador on her own)...and then moves to Uganda. She shares her different l...more

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Mar 03, 2012 MAP rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: biographies-and-memoirs, non-fiction, other-cultures

This book is in the same vein as Maartin Troost's "Sex Lives of Cannibals" and "Getting Stoned with Savages." The book follows Eve from her post-college Peace Corp experience in South America, to Uganda with her husband and eventually baby via CARE.

To me, it just didn't live up the standards of Troost's books. I never really felt like I understood what day to day living was like there. People and situations seem to pop in and out throughout the book with the sense that they've been there all al...more

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Aug 07, 2010 Trish rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, africa, biography, nonfiction, south-america

Eve Brown-Waite gives the reader a good idea of what it must have been like to be a Peace Corp volunteer in the late 1980s in South America, and then she describes expatriate life in one of the more remote outposts in Africa. Undoubtedly she succeeded in living well in these difficult environments because of her upbeat personality and sense of humor, though I wished she would allow the story to tell itself rather than injecting herself so forcefully into each vignette. But then it would be a dif...more

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Dec 16, 2011 Emily rated it 2 of 5 stars

As someone who's about to become a Peace Corps volunteer I read this book in order to get another perspective on what it is like to serve. The book is split into two parts-- when she's a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, and then when she is in Uganda with her husband when he is working for CARE. It's almost like 2 different books, and one gets the sense that she is rushing through the first part of the story just to get to the second. The whole premise of her falling in love with her Peace Corp...more As someone who's about to become a Peace Corps volunteer I read this book in order to get another perspective on what it is like to serve. The book is split into two parts-- when she's a Peace Corps volunteer in Ecuador, and then when she is in Uganda with her husband when he is working for CARE. It's almost like 2 different books, and one gets the sense that she is rushing through the first part of the story just to get to the second. The whole premise of her falling in love with her Peace Corps recruiter is preposterous and fairly unbelievable to anyone who has been through the process. You never get the sense of why she is so madly in love with him, nor do you get why he falls for her. I mean, it's a pretty big deal that he quits his job and spends the summer living with her in Ecuador (are volunteers really allowed to have someone shack up with them for a summer?) And you'd think it would be really frowned upon for a recruiter to date a potential volunteer, plus why would he start dating someone that he obviously knows is leaving for 2 years? The whole romantic aspect is just not believable to the reader. The other part that wasn't treated well was her early termination of service. She vaguely talks about panic attacks, but I think she gives it all of 2 pages from when the panic attacks start to when she says "I quit". For such a monumental decision, she doesn't offer it much gravitas, and it forces the reader to think that she just quit early so she could go back to her pseudo-boyfriend-- even if that's not the case, her treatment of that episode just makes it seem that way.

Her writing style is conversational and the epistolary element at the end of each chapter adds a nice, different dimension to each chapter, but oh my god does the "I'll keep you posted.." ending to each letter get irritating! (Who signs a letter that way?)

A lot of readers find her whiny and irritating in her unrealistic expectations of life in rural Uganda-- as someone who served as a Peace Corps volunteer you'd think she'd be a little bit better prepared to do without western luxuries. Ultimately I did empathize with her, especially during her incredibly difficult pregnancy, but on the whole I was not able to be pulled in enough to really identify with her.(less)

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Jun 11, 2011 Patti rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was a fast enjoyable read. Eve's story illustrates that perhaps the biggest impact of The Peace Corps is the change in world view the Peace Corps volunteers come home with.

Her description of the teaching session in which she learned which cuts of beef were the ones she should choose in the open air market was wonderful. The ones with flies on them were the ones to pick, the one looking clean and tasty had to have been sprayed with pesticides. It reminded me of the pig faces that were hangi...more

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Aug 14, 2010 Jennie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-book, non-fiction, subc-2010, read-in-2010, read-in-july

I found this book hilarious and eye opening and really connected with the author. I have always dreamed of taking a two week trip through Africa complete with sleeping under the stars and among the animals. Much like the author, the dream was more of just that a dream and when faced with actually living under such conditions, the reality is much different than the dream. She actually took this to the next level than I have by perusing the dream, even though the reality wasn’t as bright as she im...more

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Sep 16, 2011 William Lopez rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: public-health

So read the title to this book... then forget it. The title is completely misleading, as it makes the reader believe she is picking up one more book about the romance and fulfillment of world travel. This book is not about love, not about malaria, and not about a peace corp "poster boy."

BUT, this book is excellent, and it is excellent precisely because it is crude and honest and not worried about romanticizing the experience. In an age of literature filled with divorcees finding themselves while...more

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Mar 26, 2011 Jana rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was one of those rare books that I couldn't wait to read in bed at night and was really sorry when it ended. The subject (life in a remote Ugandan village as a peace corp wife and mother) was fascinating, as the author humorously shared intimate stories of her own life (culture shock coming and going) and those of the local people she came to love as family. I was very interested to read about the Ugandan people and their culture. Her descriptions of African life, scenery, food shopping (!)...more

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Apr 25, 2010 Becca rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love a good travelogue. The author speaks of such fondness for war-torn, impoverished Uganda it almost makes me want to take a vacation there. I did have a hard time relating to the author sometimes though. Sometimes she was desperate for her own life and career. And other times she was a swooning housewife. They seemed like two different people and I couldn't figure out which she really was. In fact, I left the book thinking she ended up defining herself externally rather than ever finding he...more

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May 28, 2009 Alene rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure-outdoor-survival, nonfiction

I loved this book. It wasn't deep and profound, and I don't really read books for escape, but that's what it was. It was the exact dream I'd once had for my own life that I will never be able to fulfill so for once I see it as an "escape" even though usually books inspire me how to live rather than dream.

It was a quick read and full of good stories, I could see myself in the author's shoes, being full of desire for adventure and then not knowing how to do anything and feeling intimidated and ov...more

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Apr 13, 2011 Chloe rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: peace-corps

This memoir was really event based and not as thoughtful as I wanted it to be. The author describes major events in this sort of matter-of-fact way, but never provided the reflective commentary I wanted to get what the heck was going on. I thought that Eve was just a bundle of contradictions (which admittedly, everyone is) but she never took the time to really explain why she acted the way she did. I hate criticizing memoirs because the work that her and her husband do is really exciting and imp...more

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Apr 20, 2009 Lizzy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was so funny and I could relate to Brown-Waite's desire to "fit the part" in the volunteer world. This memoir fills the desire to reconcile volunteerism with the "real world" or the world that society has constructed for a larger majority. Her voice also speaks to a larger awareness/harsher reality about Uganda and the programs/aid relief that is available (at times, lack thereof).

I wish I could greater testimony to how I delighted in this book - but perhaps there is none greater than...more

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Apr 30, 2009 Jordan Funke rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, humor, international, memoir, nonfiction, travel

It's fun to learn more about a friend through her memoir. Her situation is really relevant to mine, though I didn't have to go through the whole Peace Corps application process. Also, I'm not in a desolate area, but still living abroad and trying to make a difference. Eve is great at telling a serious story in a humorous style without making light of the issue. I have always enjoyed hearing her speak or preach because she can tell a difficult story and still leave you feeling hopeful.

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Mar 14, 2011 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was pleasantly surprised at this book. It was well-written and heartwarming. At first, I was a little irritated by the main charachter-- but after she started her assignment with the Peace Corps, she softened and I grew to like her. All of the other charachters were well developed, and identifiable. Her story was funny, too. I especially liked how the author talked about the cultural differences honestly and with a sense of humor, but never put down the other cultures that she came in contact...more

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Nov 23, 2009 Catherine rated it 4 of 5 stars

The title pretty much covers the content of the book. I thought her Peace Corps experience in Ecuador was interesting. As her story progressed to moving to Uganda with her husband after he accepted a job with CARE, I thought her descriptions of culture shock and integrating into her new surroundings was told with much humor and honesty. I sympathized with many of her frustrations.

Overall, the book was entertaining and gave an interesting glimpse of one woman's Peace Corps experience and truthful...more

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Jan 08, 2013 Kevin Fricks rated it 3 of 5 stars

OK read with some interesting information about east africa, but full of silly extrameous detail that i suppose was supposed tobe the hilarious part (that I never found. the book was not laugh out loud as it was publicized to be). Also, poor editing (shame on the editors for that)-- the entire first section that takes place in ecuador should have been excised. I read this book because I am fascinated by Africa (and hopefully will be travelling there in 2014) but it did not engage me as much as s...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Kelly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Quick, enjoyable read. But I felt like it had the potential to be a better book (or books - I feel like it could have easily been written as two books, one about her time in Ecuador and one about Uganda) than it was. She wrote about little snippits of her life in developing nations, but more description about where she was or more description on her own personal changes would have made the books more satisfying. While the Peace Corps have never been on my radar, this book confirmed that I wouldn...more

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Jul 02, 2011 Josephine rated it 2 of 5 stars

I wanted to like this -- I really did. But I think the reason it took so long for me to finish reading this book was because Eve Brown-Waite seemed to be trying too hard to be charming and quirky -- like Carrie Bradshaw if she had followed some handsome do-gooder out to Uganda and married him.

But the thing is, Eve Brown-Waite is no Carrie Bradshaw -- though, some of the flightly, materialistic, whiney aspects of Carrie's character is on full display in this book.

I think the best travel memoirs...more

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Jun 23, 2009 Kristina Owens rated it 5 of 5 stars

Very funny and real story of Eve's adventure to different parts of the world. You do not have to have been in the Peace Corps or even have left the US you will still find this book hysterically funny. However there are a few sad parts. For the most part I was laughing hard because I have been there (PC Bolivia) and could really relate but in situations where I did not, Eve's vivid description of each situation drew you in. She has definitely become one of my favorite Authors and I cannot wait fo...more

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Aug 17, 2009 Erin rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: travel, memoir-and-biography

Eve Brown has always wanted to join the Peace Corps and live abroad. She is a little afraid of life in a third world country, however, and needs an extra push to follow through on her dream. That push comes in the form of a hot Peace Corps recruiter with whom Eve promptly falls in love. This book tells the story of Eve's brief adventure in the Peace Corps and her years living in rural Uganda after her marriage.

At first, I didn't think I was going to like Eve much. She seemed a little whiny. If y...more

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EVE BROWN-WAITE was a finalist for Iowa Review, Glimmer Train, and New Millennium Writings Awards for stories she wrote about her time abroad. FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MALARIA (Broadway Books, April 2009) is her first book. She lives with her husband and two children in Massachusetts.

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