{"id":1233,"date":"2019-06-20T07:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T07:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1233"},"modified":"2019-06-20T07:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T07:17:07","slug":"child-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1233","title":{"rendered":"Child of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1506418339l\/35285589.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Child of Africa\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>Queensland Writer though I am yet to get around to reading my signed copy calling from the bookshelf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Goodreads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>After returning from Afghanistan, ex-British marine Joss Brennan embraces living as a double amputee, but he finds life at his safari lodge near Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, not quite as idyllic as when he left.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Peta de Longe is a big game veterinarian and no stranger to hard decisions. Working in the messy political society of Zimbabwe, she\u2019s engaged in a constant struggle to save the national parks. When she nearly drives over Joss, the reunion isn\u2019t joyous \u2013 Joss let down her dying sister eighteen months before, after all. But once she uncovers the terrible ordeal that Joss has gone through, can she learn to forgive and move forward?<\/p>\n<p><i>When a corrupt and dangerous businessman with close ties to government threatens all he holds dear, Joss realises he doesn\u2019t need to save strangers in a faraway land. But will he fight to save his own country and the people he considers his family<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queensland Writer though I am yet to get around to reading my signed copy calling from the bookshelf. From Goodreads: After returning from Afghanistan, ex-British marine Joss Brennan embraces living as a double amputee, but he finds life at his safari lodge near Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, not quite as idyllic as when he left. Peta &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=1233\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Child of Africa<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1222,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"1","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"3","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"3","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":"","spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PaoL7Z-jT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":864,"url":"http:\/\/www.dajuroka.com\/blog\/?page_id=864","url_meta":{"origin":1233,"position":0},"title":"T.M. 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