The Dead Don't Hurt Us

by Pam Cairns

Overview

This is a fast moving, contemporary adventure story based in the hot and dangerous Amazon jungle and the Peruvian city of Iquitos. A highly stressed, arrogant, oil executive and his wife search for their children who are missing in the rainforest. During the rescue mission the parents come face to face with the terrible destruction of the rainforest by oil exploration and mining. They come to realise the huge impact this has on the village communities and an ancient way of life.
The children experience the hardships of jungle life, encountering witch doctors and cocaine smugglers along the way. Reaching the jungle city of Iquitos they are mistaken for street children. Pursued by the authorities they are helped by street kids and escape to the city sewers.

Suitable for teenagers and adults.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044301047
Publisher:	Pam Cairns
Publication date:	02/06/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	288 KB

About the Author

I was brought up on a small farm in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. I went to school at Lockerbie Academy and studied medicine at Edinburgh University.
While I was working as a general practitioner in Fife, my husband and I had the opportunity to lead a team of medical volunteers to the Amazon jungle of Peru. This was the first UK medical team that The Vine Trust charity sent out to work on their vessel, Amazon Hope. The medical team delivered primary health and dental care to the villagers on the banks of the river Amazon.
The three-week trip to Peru had a huge effect on me. I resigned from my medical practice and became the volunteer Medical Director of the Vine Trust. Over the next two years, my husband and I worked, with others, to develop and promote the Amazon Hope Medical and Dental Project. (See www.vinetrust.org)
It was while in Peru that I first came across street children and learnt of their struggle for survival. I began to understand the factors responsible for their ever increasing numbers worldwide. Deeply shocked, I discovered that not only did the children have to contend with hunger and disease, but also the cruelties and abuses of adults and the authorities.
I am retired from medicine now and enjoy living in the countryside in Angus, Scotland. Writing has become my new profession, especially fiction that highlights some of the world's injustices. The sequel to 'The Dead Don't Hurt Us' is almost complete and should be published later this year.
Profits from the sale of the novel go to street children's charities.