Don't Go Out After Dark: A Memoir of the Civil War in Tajikistan

Don't Go Out After Dark, a memoir by Mike Kendellen, author of "Making It Happen: A Memoir of Peace Corps and Venezuela in the 1970s," is a day-by-day recounting of the author's time in Tajikistan, a Central Asian republic. In the chaotic aftermath of the fall of the Soviet Union with hostage-taking, warlords, murder in the streets, and landmines, walked Mike Kendellen, tasked with turning around the operations of an NGO that included microloans to help war widows support their families, overseeing efforts to install and maintain water sanitation systems, navigating winter apartment conditions, or simply trying to find a working phone connection, Mike imbues his writing with a sense of personal connection and urgency. If you've ever wondered what life is like when the immediate terror and trauma of war are over, but there's still rebuilding to be done, "Don't Go Out After Dark" will bring you to that place of hopeful determination, anxiety, and tension. Don't go out after dark...but do pick up this book. It may not change your life, but it may inspire you to help change the lives of others.

• | Author: Mike Kendellen
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Sep 10, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 264 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1726364658
• | ISBN-13: 9781726364652