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Meet the Author of THE MYSTICAL LAND OF MYRRH:
MaryAnn Shank
I heard President Kennedy’s call: “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
So as soon as I graduated, I rushed to join the Peace Corps, to save the world!
I was so naive.
In 1967 I was sent to a country I had never even heard of: Somalia. Somalia did not need my childish notions of saving the world. What it needed was teachers. Somalia wanted to join the world, politically and economically, and knowing English was the key. So my job was to teach English.
After three months of intensive training in New York, I stepped into a world that I was woefully ill-prepared for, a world of wonderment, a world on the brink of a massive war, a world that both detested and loved westerners.
THE MYSTICAL LAND OF MYRRH is not a novel. It is not a collection of short stories. It is tales based on memories of a time long gone, a time that will never come again.
Applause! Applause!
A captivating read and shares a unique perspective. Nicely done!
Barb Dickinson, We’Moonager of We’Moon Date Book
This has evoked such deep emotions in me. You have put pen to paper so eloquently and did the Ritual justice in all its darkness.
Heather Cummings, Executive Director or Simwatachela Sustainable Agricultural and Arts Program
Mesmerizing and fascinating … an important work. I have forgotten most of the other books that I’ve read, but your story goes with me on walks in the woods.
Patricia Duggan, International Fashion Designer
Talk a Little, Talk a Lot
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