false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171290166m/94554.jpg 94554 12 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. 2910810 2004 Love in the Driest Season: A Family Memoir total:430|5:136|4:197|3:86|2:7|1:4| 430 1744 638 103 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 06:16:37 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 10:35:28 -0700 2009
I got this book two years ago (maybe three) and never picked it up because I wasn't really interested in reading about families, adoption, or babies in Africa. I only plucked it from my shelves this summer so that I could fit in my one "must read"...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 30 15:57:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 18:51:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:06:37 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 14:20:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 08:58:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 09:04:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 29 17:59:48 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 17:59:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 06:57:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 19:33:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Nov 11 08:04:54 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:12:09 -0800 2008
This was a true story about a white foreign correspondent from Miss. married to a black woman from Detroit living in Africa. H...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 03 20:01:54 -0800 2008 Wed Jun 03 09:45:35 -0700 2009 Once more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Dec 20 10:06:06 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 20 10:31:13 -0800 2007
Neely Tucker was a single man, living for himself, trotting around the globe as a reporter, when love found him -- twice. F...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Mar 10 07:32:39 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:32:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 09:14:02 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 13:06:11 -0800 2008
This story has opened m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 09:57:45 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 10:04:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 23:19:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 15:22:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 11 16:22:22 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:25:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 18:41:04 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 17:09:28 -0700 2008
It's a story about family (both tr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 18:46:54 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 18:47:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 16 17:23:25 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 17:25:40 -0800 2009 Three Cups of Tea," and was moved by that book, you must read this book. This is about a family's struggle to adopt their daughter who is an orphan found in a field, abandoned shortly after birth. This reporter and his wife fought to keep her alive as she was malnourished and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 05:59:06 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:16:24 -0700 2009 5 0 true false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 06:55:11 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:41:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 06:30:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 06:34:15 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=94554