Last Moon Dancing: A Memoir of Love And Real Life in Africa [Hardcover]

Monique Maria Schmidt (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Clover Park Pr (May 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962863238
• ISBN-13: 978-0962863233
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,643,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OVERWHELMING EMOTION, July 5, 2005

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Barbara A. Gaspar "Bobbi" (Mattapoisett, MA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Moon Dancing: A Memoir of Love And Real Life in Africa (Hardcover)

Once I started reading Last Moon Dancing I could not put it down. I felt all emotions from desperate to amused but the most dominate thing I felt was pride. I am proud that young people have the courage and ambition to commite themselves to the aid and education of those with less. It is an awe inspiring story and one that is so fantastic it couldn't be anything but admired

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and honest reading, June 2, 2005

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Diane F. Ellinger "fhs-teacher" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Moon Dancing: A Memoir of Love And Real Life in Africa (Hardcover)

I loved Monique Schmidt's memoir. Her honest,straight-forward account of her years in the Peace Corps in Africa is brutal, beautiful and witty. Woven through her African experience are connections to her childhood and early adulthood, but not always in the usual prose format. There may be a poem or an anecdote. Some of the revelations will anger the reader; some will shock, but throughout, you know Schmidt's telling it exactly as she sees and experiences life.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful!, June 14, 2005

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A. Goldenstein "alwg" (Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Moon Dancing: A Memoir of Love And Real Life in Africa (Hardcover)

I just finished reading this book and was touched by Monique Schmidt's brutal honesty and self-evaluation. Schmidt bares her innermost thoughts to the reader. I found myself laughing out loud and, at times, crying. A very touching book about life, love and her Peace Corps experiences!