This book is designed to fit into real life. Each day offers a short, clear reflection – a gentle nudge to pause, reset, and move forward with greater steadiness. Evidence shows that reading a little and often, you’ll begin to notice small shifts that make a meaningful difference: calmer thinking, stronger focus, and a more resilient response to everyday challenges. Simple, thoughtful, and easy to return to, this is a daily companion for anyone who wants to feel more grounded, capable, and at ease in a busy world.
You might be fooled into thinking these are animal stories – and it’s true they do feature baboons, crocodiles, angry elephants, hornets and cobras. But this is not a book about a search for big cats.
And although the stories take us to Sri Lanka – a glorious tropical island full of howling ghosts – and to Pakistan and Iraq and Israel and New York, this is not a catalogue of war stories, nor is it a travel guide.
Caroline never describes herself as a tourist – except perhaps in New York where she gets held up at knifepoint for a dollar. Although the context of these stories may span the globe, they are much more about love, loss and laughter than about going places. Caroline’s wonderfully described curious places are more a state of mind, an openness of being. ORDER A COPY NOW
In July 2006 British Diplomat Caroline Jaine volunteered to work in Iraq. As a 36-year-old mother of three, who had rarely been parted from her family, she knew she would face unique challenges. This is the story of Caroline’s struggles as a female civilian in a war zone. It highlights an extraordinary time during the occupation – those 100 days in Basra Palace were perhaps some of the most volatile and uncertain as the coalition fumbled with a plan for a better Basra and the beginnings of an exit strategy – but Caroline’s story is also a touching, personal account of these times and a thoroughly entertaining read. ORDER A COPY NOW
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