{"product_id":"first-comes-love-then-comes-malaria-isbn-9780767929363","title":"First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this hilarious memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little  black heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him—literally to the  ends of the earth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eve Brown always thought she would join the Peace Corps someday,  although she secretly worried about life without sushi, frothy coffee drinks and  air conditioning.  But with college diploma in hand, it was time to put up or shut  up. So with some ambivalence she arrived at the Peace Corps office, sporting her best  safari chic attire, to casually look into the steps one might take to  become a global humanitarian, a la Angelina Jolie.  But when Eve meets John, her  dashing young Peace Corps recruiter, all her ambivalence flies out the window. She  absolutely must join the Peace Corps and win John's heart in the process. After spending a year in the jungle in Ecuador, she runs back to the states, vowing to stay within easy reach of a decaf cappuccino for the rest of her days. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as she's getting reacquainted with the joys of toilet  paper, John gets a job with CARE and Eve must decide if she’s up for life in another  third world outpost.  Before you can say, \"pass the malaria prophylaxis,\" the couple  heads off to Uganda, and the fun really begins\u003cb\u003e— \u003c\/b\u003eif you call having rats in your  toilet fun. Fortunately, in Eve’s case you certainly can, because to her, every experience  is an adventure to embrace and the pages come alive with all of the poignant and uproarious details. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eFrom intestinal  parasites to getting caught in a civil war, culture clashes to unexpected friendships,  \u003ci\u003eFirst Comes Love, then Comes Malaria\u003c\/i\u003e is an honest and laugh-out-loud look at Eve’s misadventures as an aspiring do-gooder and her search for love and purpose, which she finds in the last place she expected.“Eve Brown-Waite writes as she lives—with verve and humor and a fine sense of the absurd.\"\u003cbr\u003e—J. Maarten Troost, author of \u003ci\u003eLost on Planet China\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A must, must, must read. You will laugh, laugh, laugh at this account of how you can do good and laugh away your stress all at the same time.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Loretta LaRoche, author of \u003ci\u003eKick Up Your Heels Before You're Too Short to Wear Them\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Eve Brown-Waite had me at \"Jambo.\" Her hilarious, charming, and honest memoir about evolving from someone who merely shops at Banana Republic to someone who wants to save banana republics is an un-putdownable must-read.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Jenny Gardiner, author of \u003ci\u003eSleeping with Ward Cleaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Eve Brown takes you on a wild, engrossing, and totally unpredictable ride with laughs and tears along the way. A wonderful debut!\" \u003cbr\u003e—Mia King, author of \u003ci\u003eGood Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFirst Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria\u003c\/i\u003e is infectious! Once you start it, you can't put it down.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Eileen Cook, author of \u003ci\u003eUnpredictable \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e What Would Emma Do\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Proof positive that you CAN help the world, fall in love, survive malaria and a civil war AND laugh all at the same time. Eve Brown-Waite is a talented debut writer who’d \u003ci\u003ebetter\u003c\/i\u003e be writing a sequel because \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e want to know happens next!\u003cbr\u003e—Gail Konop Baker, author of\u003ci\u003e Cancer Is a Bitch:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOr, I'd Rather be Having a Midlife Crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eFirst Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious, smart, and compelling debut. Eve Brown-Waite vividly captures the ex-pat experience, the paradox of trying to save the world while desperately craving a cappuccino and proves that, in some locales, you can be\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“a little bit pregnant.” The result is a grand adventure, love story, and journey of self-discovery that you will not be able to put down.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Danielle Younge-Ullman, author of \u003ci\u003eFalling Under\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eEVE BROWN-WAITE was a finalist for \u003ci\u003eIowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew Millennium Writings\u003c\/i\u003e awards for stories she wrote about her time abroad. She lives with her husband and two children in Massachusetts.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305520255205,"sku":"NP9780767929363","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780767929363.jpg?v=1769561322","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/first-comes-love-then-comes-malaria-isbn-9780767929363","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}