Zen Under Fire Author: Marianne Elliott

Product Details: ISBN: 9780143567158 Format: Paperback Pages: 288 Dims: 138 x 138 Pub Date: 22-02-12 Pub Country: New Zealand Condition: NEW

Description: I am about to be left in charge of the office. I'm not sure I am ready for the responsibility, so I double-check with my boss. 'I'm not backing out on you,' I say, 'but I'm having doubts about my ability to do this.' He reassures me. 'You'll be fine, Marianne. As long as no one kills Amanullah Khan, you'll be fine.' His reassurance, I think, is a joke. I have a lot to learn about Afghanistan. My boss leaves at 9.00am on Sunday 23 October 2006. I am now the Officer in Charge of a United Nations office in the middle of a war zone. By midday, Amanullah Khan is dead. In 2006 Marianne Elliott, a human rights lawyer from New Zealand, is stationed with the UN in Herat. Several months into her new role an important tribal leader is assassinated while she is in charge of the local UN office. She must try to diffuse the situation before it leads to widespread bloodshed. Zen Under Fire is a vivid and deeply personal account of a young woman's time living and working as a peacekeeper in one of the world's most notorious battlegrounds. As well as sharing the incredible details of her UN work in and around Herat and the remote province of Ghor, Marianne tells of the shattering effects of this high-stress, high-danger environment on her and her relationships - and how, amid the turmoil, she begins to find her way back to herself.

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