I Built No Schools in Kenya by Kirsten Drysdale - ISBN: 9780857988546
Paperback
A job in Kenya? Dementia, family war, and utter madness ensue.

I Built No Schools in Kenya

A Year of Unmitigated Madness

  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    8 January 2019

Summary

In September 2010, Kirsten Drysdale was tricked. Her friend called with a job offer too curious to refuse - a cruisey-gig as a dementia carer for a rich old man in Kenya. All expenses-paid, plenty of free time to travel or do some freelance reporting. There seemed no good reason to say no … so she got on a plane.

Only Kirsten’s friend hadn’t given her the full story. It was only on arrival in Nairobi that she discovered the rich old man’s family was fighting a war around him, and that…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780857988546
ISBN-10:0857988549
Author:Kirsten Drysdale
Publisher:Random House Australia
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:8 January 2019
Weight:462g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm x 28mm
About The Author

Kirsten Drysdale

Kirsten Drysdale is a television presenter and journalist best known for her work on The Checkout. She was a researcher and presenter for Hungry Beast and a researcher for The Hamster Wheel, The Hamster Decides and The Gruen Transfer. She also occasionally appears on Radio National, where she hosted Talking Shop, a weekly show about marketing and consumer behaviour. She previously played professional hockey for the Queensland Scorchers.

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