Running in Flip-flops: a fictionalized memoir of Peace Corps

Running in Flip-flops: a fictionalized memoir of Peace Corps service in Senegal

Fresh out of college, Shannon Wheaton signs up for two years in the Peace Corps and gets exactly what she expects: a mud hut, a boisterous host family, no running water or electricity, and endless days of shelling peanuts. What she didnâ€™t expect was to clash so intensely with Wolof culture. In her rural village in Senegal, West Africa, Shannon is challenged in ways she never could have imagined. She finds herself riding an emotional roller coaster. Moments of wonder and of frustration, tiny successes and multiple failures, American friends and village neighbors, all shape Shannonâ€™s new world - and her with it. Her story is an earnest chronicle of Peace Corps service, with the enduring question familiar to all volunteers: What does it mean to make a difference?

This eBook version has been specially formatted for Kindle.
Country USA
Manufacturer Peace Corps Writers
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-06-01
Format Kindle eBook

Running in Flip-flops: a fictionalized memoir of Peace Corps service in Senegal