{"title":"Moira Cooke","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"heart-for-africa-book-moira-cooke-9780755213290","title":"A Heart for Africa","description":"Is this your first visit to Zambia? shouts the driver above the din of protesting gears as he rams his way mercilessly up through them and into top gear causing the entire truck to vibrate. No, we have been here many times, I yell back. Many times? he repeats incredulously. Then what are you doing travelling on this road in that vehicle? He shakes his head in disbelief. ***** So you have been in Zambia already? asks the deputy head. Many times, we assure him. Then you know our ways? he asks. For sure this couple knows us and our ways  laugh the three young men. Especially the ways of the Mr Bandas of Zambia  ***** Join Moira and Robert Cooke as they battle once more to rescue starfish stranded by the HIV Aids epidemic on the beaches of modern day Zambia. Meet Mr Banda, as slippery a head teacher as you're ever likely to encounter. Struggle along with the Cookes to gain entry to Lusaka Prison. And read how they cope when an orphan asks Moira if she will be her mother  These people sent from God . . . who have a real heart for us and our children, Quistin Chalwe of the Faith Orphanage Foundation. If you enjoyed Moira's first book, 'Bwanakula Thandi', then you'll laugh and cry in turn at this further account of their work with orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia's poorest community schools.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49623938629905,"sku":"GOR007806587","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51110655721745,"sku":"NIN9780755213290","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0755213297.jpg?v=1750945771"},{"product_id":"zambia-up-close-and-personal-book-moira-cooke-9781787195974","title":"Zambia Up Close and Personal","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Feeling suddenly faint, I toss a quick prayer heavenwards for protection against all things visible and invisible, before tucking in with feigned gusto to goat stew, washed down with tea made from freshly boiled river water, telling myself, a few mouthfuls will suffice to see duty done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLet's hope we're not in one of those African regions where eyeballs and testicles are considered the ultimate delicacy, Bob mutters under his breath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI gag on a glob of goat stew, hair still attached to the larger lumps. You are joking?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly for the most honoured guests, naturally  he sniggers.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Look out, elephant  I call out as an enormous bull, ears flapping, trunk waving and trumpeting loudly stampedes out from the surrounding bush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo, go, go  Ali and I chorus together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith seconds to spare before the elephant reaches us, Bob's foot hits the accelerator. Leaving behind a cloud of dust, the vehicle zooms out of harm's way. In the wing mirror, I watch the entire herd emerge from surrounding bush in full charge stampeding down the road behind us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid you get a picture? Bob has the gall to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo, I did not '\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The young policeman is getting into his stride. This person is disputing my judgement, he announces. An infringement is an infringement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficer, you cannot treat these persons like this  Mr Mbai joins the fray.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven Mr Chama joins in. These people are from the UK, they are helping the people of our country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe young policeman is having none of it. Everyone in this vehicle is in cahoots. I have no alternative but to ask you to proceed to the police station. Myself I will accompany you there. The officious young policeman opens the rear door and squeezes into the back seat. Just as well he is small, it's already crowded in there. Drive on  he commands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy now, I'm shaking. Are you . . . \u003cem\u003earresting me?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeed, yes, that is the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI can't trust myself to drive any further. Then my husband can drive. I get out the vehicle slamming the door, praying Bob doesn't lose his rag, worse, offer the policeman twenty pin to forget the matter.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you thought you'd read everything Moira and Bob Cooke got up to in the first two books, then along comes a third to reveal more of these two intrepid travellers and charity workers' escapades in Zambia. May you once again laugh, cry and hold your breath as they face yet more trials and adventures, this time getting 'Up Close and Personal' with the locals and wildlife, as well as battling with vehicles and scary situations that at times defy description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf I hadn't kept a journal, I never would have believed myself the half of what we got up to  - Moira Cooke, author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53187448144145,"sku":"NIN9781787195974","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781787195974.jpg?v=1772391919"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/collections\/autor-buecher-von-moira-cooke.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}