LEADER 00000nim a22004455a 4500 003 MWT 005 20211019082741.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 211015s2019 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 9781733581929 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1733581928 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ dra_9781733581929_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT14592012 037 14592012|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Shank, MaryAnn,|eauthor. 245 14 The mystical land of myrrh|h[Hoopla electronic resource]. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bFindaway Voices,|c2019. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 32 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by MaryAnn Shank. 520 Listen to the stars dancing over Somalia and hear tales of warriors and camel herders, songs at the wells and melodies in every footstep. Moira, a young Peace Corps Volunteer, stretched her senses to soak in every story, every song that was around her. Her missteps tossed a beautiful young woman into a whipping circle, and denied her students the futures they had worked so hard to obtain. Moira's successes were few. Even her search for a lesbian lover in the labyrinth that was Mogadishu seemed hopeless. Moira was shaken to her very core when she stumbled on The Ritual, female circumcision, carried out in a hidden hut in the bush country, the Ritual that rips all feelings of sexual pleasure from between a young girl's legs. Through it all the Somali Goddess Arawello spreads her protective arms, reaching through wars and famines to reach her people. Once Arawello brought Peace by turning men into eunuchs, and may do so again. This is a journey of a young woman ready to meet the challenges of the world on her own terms, one who faces the terrors of bush country alongside the embrace of a lover in unlikely places. Moira faces challenges she never knew existed, and a love that envelopes her like an unfolding bird of paradise.Through the turmoil and ecstasy, Moira's love for the Somali people deepens as she reluctantly realizes that there is nothing -- nothing -- she can do to change their world to avert disaster. On the contrary, it is Somalia that changes her. She will never be the same again.. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 610 20 Peace Corps (U.S.)|zSomalia|vBiography. 650 0 Americans|zSomalia|vBiography. 700 1 Shank, Maryann. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 14592012?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ dra_9781733581929_180.jpeg