A Big Hand for the Spirits Marecia Damons

A Big Hand for the Spirits Marecia DamonsAn ecologist on the run from a hit man joins up with a brilliant physicist struggling to reconcile his traditional African beliefs with science, an anesthetist dealing with a bad marriage, a physically powerful, but emotionally distraught river guide, and an enigmatic recovering drug addict who alternates wildly between reality and fantasy. Together they travel overland from Vic Falls to Malawi, encountering many adventures, some intellectual, some

and not one of them will emerge unchanged

Connie hasn't found her talent yet

And there are signs that Richard is somehow involved

and the times when Ivan was in charge of stationery in the bowels of Shell House

the two girls learn to live with each other

Reaching across time and continents

Harristan is dethroned and on the run

and can-do advice

one of the gymnasts will be dead

Specially designed pieces of origami paper are included with the book

Hazel and Daisy are aboard the Orient Express: cue spies

He recounts his loss of innocence in Angola