NO ONE CAN STOP THE RAIN - A CHRONICLE OF TWO FOREIGN AID WORKERS DURING THA ANGOLAN CIVIL WAR (KARIN MOORHOUSE & WEI CHUNG)

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SET IN CENTRAL ANGOLA DURING THE FINAL STAGES OF THE COUNTRY'S THIRTY YEAR CIVIL WAR, 'NO ONE CAN STOP THE RAIN' IS THE TRUS STORY OF TWO ORDINARY MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES VOLUNTEERS - A SURGEON AND HIS WIFE, LEAVING BEHIND THEIR COMFORTABLE LIVES IN MID-CAREER.  IN DOING SO THEY ARE CONFRONTED BY BOTH THE BEST AND WORST ASPECTS OF HUMANITY.

THE BOOK CHRONICLES THE COUPLE'S JOURNEY TO KUITO, DEEP IN THE HEART OF ANGOLA.  THE REMNANTS OF THIS PROVINCIAL CAPITAL HAD THE UNENVIABLE REPUTATION OF BEING ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST HEAVILY LANDMINED CITIES.  THE EVENTS WITNESSED BY MOORHOUSE AND CHENG AS THEY WORKED ALONGSIDE CIVILIANS - VICTIMS OF LANDMINES, THE MALNOURISHED, AND THE DISPLACED - PROVIDE A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO LIFE IN THIS VAST HUMANITARIAN CITADEL.