I Miss the Rain in Africa

Winner - Nautllus Book Award 2022 A Top Ten Expat Book for 2021 from Expat NestWinner - Moritz Thompsen Peace Corps Experience Award 2022At a time when her friends were planning cushy retirements Nancy Wesson instead walked away from a comfortable life and business to head out as a Peace Corps Volunteer in post-war Northern Uganda. She embraced wholeheartedly the grand adventure of living in a radically different culture while turning old skills into wisdom. Returning home becomes a surreal experience in trying to reconcile a life that no longer fits. This becomes the catalyst for new revelations about family wounds mystical experiences and personal foibles.Nancy shows us the power of stepping into the void to reconfigure life and enter the wilderness of the uncharted territory of our own memories and psyche to mine the gems hidden therein. Funny heartbreaking insightful and tender I Miss the Rain in Africa is the story of honoring the self discovering a new lens through which to view life and finding joy along the path.Inspiring and educational when it comes to what we can accomplish when we put our best foot forward I Miss the Rain in Africa shows how Nancy Daniel Wesson and others are putting the needs of others ahead of themselves--and what we can all do when it comes to stepping out on faith and choosing to act. -- Cyrus Webb media personality and author Conversations MagazineI would think that many of us could learn or strive to live life to the fullest by following Nancy's example. Imagine venturing into new realms-especially at a later time in life when we possess meaningful knowledge for analyzing but also for applying a critical philosophical perspective on new experiences. Gary Vizzo former management & operations director Peace Corps Community Development: African and AsiaI Miss the Rain in Africa is an absorbing record of the exploration of self by a woman who at age 64 enters a remote area of Africa to work with an NGO. Part adventure part interior monologue this is an account of a 21st century derring-do by an intrepid intriguing and always optimistic woman who will undoubtedly enjoy a fourth and maybe even a fifth act wherever she may find herself. --Eileen Purcell outreach literacy coordinator Clatsop Community College Astoria OregonWesson offers a montage of stories and experiences that introduces the reader to the colorful people and challenging life in Uganda. Wesson's observations are shared with humor respect and compassion. For anyone who has ever won-dered what serving in Peace Corps or immersing oneself in a radically different life overseas might be like this book provides a portal. --Kathleen Willis Retired Peace Corps Volunteer-Community Organizer former organizational development consultantLearn more at