Staying Alive: Surviving Surprises

A chance meeting on an English Channel ferry changed her life from safe and predictable to one of potentially

perilous adventures. 1960s Africa was in turmoil. Opportunistic leaders took power and bullied their way to the top. They needed resources like the helicopter pilot she met on the ferry. That's how they ended up in Nigeria during an ugly civil war. Having committed to supporting Biafra, the author tells intimate details of day-to-day life on the edge of despair. These true stories to...