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The Scent of Eucalyptus: A Missionary Childhood in Ethiopia Paperback – September 23, 2003

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  • Paperback: 300 pages
  • Publisher: Goose Lane Editions; 1 edition (September 23, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0864923740
  • ISBN-13: 978-0864923745
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,542,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 starsThe scent of Eucalyptus: A Missionary Childhood in Ethiopia
By George C. Reed on October 3, 2008
Format: Paperback
For those interested in learning about (or reliving) both the costs of growing up as an MK and the special joys that this experience brings would be well-served to read this book. Although the details may be somewhat different, the general sense of the life of "otherness" that is a product of a mish-kid upbringing is really spot-on. I believe that this story is of particular value to those families that are contemplating answering the call that their faith or their value system requires of them. A good companion/comparison book is Chameleon Days.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA Thoughtful Exploration of MK Identity
By Allan L. Effa on August 23, 2004
Format: Paperback
This thoughtful and beautifully written memoir by the son of SIM missionaries is much more than an autobiography, for it delves into the complexities of identity and self-understanding that are so much a part of the experience of many missionary children. After growing up in a small village and becoming fluent in Oromifa and Amharic, Daniel makes the transition involved in attending the mission boarding school in the capital city where his primary peers are now MKs like himself. During the tumultuous years of political upheaval following the overthrow of Haile Selassie in 1974, the rising hostility toward foreigners is directed on a number of occasions to Coleman and his pink skinned friends. The discovery that he will always be a "ferinjie," or foreigner, in the land of his birth is a shattering one that makes him determined to forge a new identity and to forsake his past when he returns to Canada at the age of seventeen. From that point on he tells people he is from "Wheatley, Ontario," his Dad's home town. The book begins when Coleman returns to the land of his birth after an absence of fourteen years. Now, as an academic, he reflects on how his identity, faith and outlook on cultures have been shaped by the formative experiences of his African past.
The eucalyptus symbolizes for Coleman the complex interplay of cultures. This tree, native to Australia, was transplanted to Ethiopia as a quick-growing source of firewood and building materials. Though a foreign specimen, it thrived and replaced much of the native vegetation. Like the eucalyptus, missionaries seek to flourish by negotiating between the culture they bring with them and the culture to which they have come.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsContrasting The Zanzibar Chest with The Scent of Eucalyptus
By J.P. Muir on February 27, 2004
Format: Paperback
If you were born in Africa of foreign parents or spent most of your childhood years in Africa, you owe it to yourself to read these two books. Whether your experiences were positive and you have returned to Africa as an adult, or whether you need catharsis from emotional wounds Africa is so adept at administering, these authors will provide contrasting mirrors in which to search for your reflection.
The Zanzibar Chest describes a Reuters war correspondent's life-experiences (mostly Africa), including the meandering description of a colonial officer's death, as described in a diary left to Hartley in his deceased father's carved Zanzibar chest. The Scent of Eucalyptus uses the foreign gum tree, widely planted in Africa, to symbolize a missionary child's nostalgic return, as an adult, to Ethiopia; the last part of the book is spent attempting to debunk the widespread academic view that missionaries were inept, short-sighted religious fanatics that spread cultural disarray in Africa and like places. Both books have much insight to offer those who would understand the world-views of Europeans raised in an African setting and who then spend a lifetime striving to amalgamate the various cultures that make up their characters.
Given the first person singular that dominates these non-fiction efforts, a certain amount of narcissism is to be expected. Both books suffer from a lack of focus, since neither have a readily discernable central plot. They jump between present and past, between what the authors perceive is their African story and the story of others around them. Anyone who has suffered culture shock or it's lifelong after-tremors can relate to this sense of what I call "socio-cultural netherness".Read more ›
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