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Emma's War
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Start date
June 1, 2012
Finish date
August 31, 2012

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Rosemary
Feb 25, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
The title is a little misleading because this is probably only 50% about Emma McCune who went out to southern Sudan as an aid worker (or perhaps as a crusader in search of a cause) and her marriage to and life with one of the leaders of the guerilla rebel forces. The rest of it is about the violence, tragedies and pointlessness of the war itself. There are some horrifying passages about suffering in famine and war, and information is woven in about the history and traditions of the country, whic ...more
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