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Hardship Post - With Terrorism on the Rise and His Marriage on the Ropes, an American Moves to Pakistan to Work for the Aga Khan (Paperback)
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Hardship Post - With Terrorism on the Rise and His Marriage on the Ropes, an American Moves to Pakistan to Work for the Aga Khan (Paperback)
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Loot Price R495
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"Was it the Opportunity of a Lifetime...or an Invitation to
Disaster?" The job was intriguing-working for the Aga Khan, the
rich and influential imam of the Ismaili Muslims, building the Aga
Khan University Hospital in Karachi. They said it would be a
world-class institution, the best on the subcontinent. But he had
his doubts. Yes, Pakistan was exotic, and mysterious, and full of
adventure. But he had a good job and a shaky marriage, and Pakistan
didn't seem like the right place at the right time. People were
being kidnapped and killed over there...the American Embassy at
Islamabad had recently been overrun and burned, and next door,
Afghanistan had been invaded by Russia. They were making big
promises to lure him there...could they pull it off, or was it just
hype? In Hardship Post, winner of the 2012 Royal Palm Literary
Awards Competition for unpublished memoir, Robert Taylor examines
the complexities of being called to serve overseas in a foreign
culture, with all the excitement, pitfalls, learning experiences,
and challenging lessons. This compelling real-life adventure will
keep you captivated from the first page to the last. Award-winning
writer Robert Taylor has been an advisor to the World Bank, USAID,
WHO, and other international agencies and has worked in thirty
countries...none of which had safe drinking water. A native of
Minnesota, he now lives with his wife in Punta Gorda, Florida.
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