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Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures)

It`s the early 1990s and three young people, working for the UN and Red Cross in Cambodia, become friends in the heady atmosphere of the country`s first democratic elections. All of them have been attracted to peacekeeping, in countries both dangerous and alluring, for different reasons. Heidi Postlewait is a social worker in need of a challenge and a pay cheque, Kenneth Cain is fresh from Harvard and brimful of idealism, and Andrew Thomson strives for a better world through his live saving work as a doctor. As the Cold War ends and the New World Order dawns, the three become friends for life.But their journey through a violent decade, from Rwanda and Bosnia to Somalia and Haiti, challenges their lives and personalities, leaving them utterly changed – both broken and enriched.In this powerful, devastatingly honest memoir, Andrew, Heidi and Ken mingle their distinct voices to paint a searing portrait of life amidst war and genocide, whilst giving eye-witness accounts of the thousands of lives that have been destroyed in countries such as Rwanda by the inactivity and greed of the West.Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) is a startling celebration of the gritty strength of human spirit. By day they work in brutal war-zones, by night they stave off fear and futility with revelry, sex and the bleakest of humour. Sometimes only friendship can save you…”A powerful testament of the limits of peacekeeping in today`s war zones – acutely observed, and told with astonishing immediacy” – Philip Gourevitch

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