A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman s volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children s Community. Begun with just fifty dollars in the pocket of Wayne Dale Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia s verdant rice paddies, ...
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A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman s volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children s Community. Begun with just fifty dollars in the pocket of Wayne Dale Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia s verdant rice paddies, was once a haunted scrubland that became a place of healing and respite where children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDS could live outside of fear or judgment, and find a new family a place that Gutradt calls a workshop for souls. Disarming, funny, deeply moving, "In a Rocket Made of Ice" gathers the stories of children saved and changed by this very special place, and of one woman s transformation in trying to help them. With wry perceptiveness and stunning humanity and humor, this courageous, surprising, and evocative memoir etches the people of Wat Opot forever on your heart."
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Fine in very good dust jacket. pages clean and unmarked, photographs bright, binding tight, dust jacket clean with small signs of wear. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First American edition, first printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy, which appears unread. Jacket unclipped with original publisher's price of $26.95 intact. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box.
