In a rocket made of ice
Subtitle: among the children of Wat Opot
By: Gail Gutradt
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Knopf Incorporated, Alfred A.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780385353472; 9780385353489
Subjects: Children of AIDS patients; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Orphans; India; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Personal Memoirs; HIV-positive children; Volunteer Work; Social conditions; Services for; Orphanages; TRAVEL
Description: "A beautifully told, inspiring true story of one woman's volunteer experiences at an orphanage in rural Cambodia-a book that embodies the belief that love, compassion, and generosity of spirit can overcome even the most fearsome of obstacles. Gail Gutradt was at a crossroads in her life when she learned of the Wat Opot Children's Community. Begun with just $50 in the pocket of Wayne Matthysse, a former Marine Corps medic in Vietnam, Wat Opot, a temple complex nestled among Cambodia's verdant rice paddies, was once a haunted scrubland that became a place of healing and respite where children with or orphaned by HIV/AIDs could live outside of fear or judgment, and find a new family-a place that Gutradt calls "a workshop for souls." Disarming, funny, deeply moving, In a Rocket Made of Ice gathers the stories of children saved and changed by this very special place, and of one woman's transformation in trying to help them. With wry perceptiveness and stunning humanity and humor, this courageous, surprising, and evocative memoir etches the people of Wat Opot forever on your heart"--

"The story of a woman who volunteers at an orphanage in Cambodia, set up by a Vietnam War vet for children with and/or orphaned by HIV/AIDS"--
Notes: "A Borzoi Book."
Table of contents: title: Sanctuary; title: Transformations; title: Confusions; title: Mysteries; title: Departures; title: Gratitude.