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Shade of the Paraiso
Mark Salvatore
Shade of the Paraiso
Mark Salvatore
Imagine a remote community in Paraguay, South America, where you read by candle light, draw your water from a well, cook your meals on an open fire and attend to your needs in a rickety outhouse. To reach the nearest bus stop and telephone requires a long hike that lasts for hours along a road rutted by ox carts. In Shade of the Paraiso, Mark Salvatore relates his Peace Corps* experience (1989-91) in such a place beginning with his first day in the country--the day of a coup. His memoir transports the reader through his two years of volunteer service with its challenges, its failures, its joy, and his wedding in a leper colony.
*Shade of the Paraiso recounts Salvatore's experience and he does not represent Peace Corps, Peace Corps Paraguay, or any other volunteer's experience.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 3, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9781925417661 |
Publishers | Vine Leaves Press |
Pages | 292 |
Dimensions | 127 × 203 × 17 mm · 317 g |
Language | English |
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