First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria

De: Eve Brown Waite

Narrado por: Eileen Stevens

How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life

In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little black heels in love with a Peace Corps poster boy and follows him literally to the ends of the earth.

Eve Brown always thought she would join the Peace Corps someday, although she secretly worried about life without sushi, frothy coffee drinks, and air conditioning. But with college diploma in hand, it was time to put up or shut up. So with some ambivalence she arrives at the Peace Corps office sporting her best safari-chic attire to casually look into the steps one might take if one were to become a global humanitarian, a la Angelina Jolie.

But when Eve meets John, her dashing young Peace Corps recruiter, all her ambivalence flies out the window. She absolutely must join the Peace Corps - and win John's heart in the process. Off to Ecuador she goes and - after a year in the jungle - back to the States she runs, vowing to stay within easy reach of a decaf cappuccino for the rest of her days. But life had other plans. Just as she's getting reacquainted with the joys of toilet paper, John gets a job with CARE and Eve must decide if shes up for life in another third-world outpost. Before you can say, "pass the malaria prophylaxis," the couple heads off to Uganda, and the fun really begins--if one can call having rats in your toilet fun.

Fortunately, in Eve's case one certainly can, because to her, every experience is an adventure to be embraced, and these pages come alive with all of the alternatively poignant and uproarious details.

With wit and candor, First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria chronicles Eve's misadventures as an aspiring do-gooder. Here is an honest and laugh-out-loud funny look at the search for love and purpose from a woman who finds both in the last place she expected.

©2009 Eve Brown Waite (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Interesting Because of Content

If you could sum up First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria in three words, what would they be?

I am getting ready to go to Northern Uganda with the Peace Corps so this book hit on themes that I found very interesting. I have spent most of my adult life living overseas and have also traveled to Uganda and that kept my interest level up. It is an interesting autobiography and some of what other readers found offensive in the story were things that I can relate to from the author. The pregnancy drama could have been trimmed down dramatically but maybe a new mother might find it interesting. The introduction to what life will be in Northern Uganda made this a 4 star book for me although I most certainly will not have the luxuries she describes. I would be interesting in knowing what happened next to this family.

I want to go to Uganda!

What did you like best about First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria? What did you like least?

I liked the location the most. What I liked the least was the authors whiny tone and annoying that she never made an effort to meet the towns people and have relationships with Ugandans outside of her husbands job. She lived there 3 years and never learned the language, ugh.

If you’ve listened to books by Eve Brown Waite before, how does this one compare?

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Have you listened to any of Eileen Stevens’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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Was First Comes Love, Then Comes Malaria worth the listening time?

Not really but it was cheap so it's ok.

Wondering if it was worth it...

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Not sure. This is the type of book you'd pick up and read on a rainy day or borrow at your sister's house because you're bored. Not one you'd intentionally purchase at full price, but worth a read or listen if the price is right.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

Certainly Eve's travels are interesting. I was disappointed in how her story was portrayed though. Her book highlights an averageness. It was a story of a woman whose love for an amazing husband is evident, but not one that highlights an amazing woman. Not to say that she's not, but she didn't convey that to the reader.

I really enjoyed Conor Greenan's Little Princes,for example,because it highlights an average Joe who seems to stumble into excellence. This seems to be focused on the reverse.

What three words best describe Eileen Stevens’s performance?

Good (Sorry, just one).

What else would you have wanted to know about Eve Brown Waite’s life?

What happened next.

A Good Safari

This story was a fun read and took me out of the states on a journey. Loved it.

unexpected adventure

this delightful little story was definitely outside the commonplace. unexpected adventures in foreign countries with Peace Corps workers and volunteers gave insight into the real lives and difficulties of normal people in often difficult circumstances. it was a light and pleasant read and I will be looking for more of this author's books.