{"product_id":"love-africa-jeffrey-gettleman-9780062284099","title":"Love, Africa: A Memoir of Romance, War, and Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Jeffrey Gettleman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, comes a passionate, revealing story about finding love and finding a calling, set against one of the most turbulent regions in the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past twenty years, from Afghanistan to Iraq to the Congo. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e fulfilling a teenage dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt nineteen, Gettleman fell in love, twice. On a do-it-yourself community service trip in college, he went to East Africa--a terrifying, exciting, dreamlike part of the world in the throes of change that imprinted itself on his imagination and on his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut around that same time he also fell in love with a fellow Cornell student--the brightest, classiest, most principled woman he'd ever met. To say they were opposites was an understatement. She became a criminal lawyer in America; he hungered to return to Africa. For the next decade he would be torn between these two abiding passions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sensually rendered coming-of-age story in the tradition of \u003cem\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLove, Africa\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of passion, violence, far-flung adventure, tortuous long-distance relationships, screwing up, forgiveness, parenthood, and happiness that explores the power of finding yourself in the most unexpected of places.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey Gettleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062284096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062284099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017 pg. 51","brand":"Jeffrey Gettleman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078085275903,"sku":"9780062284099","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4d20ebb-026c-4b3b-b905-d19e623f3268.jpg?v=1685473458","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-africa-jeffrey-gettleman-9780062284099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}