Dodging Machetes: How I Survived Forbidden Love, Bad Behavior,

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Dodging Machetes: How I Survived Forbidden Love, Bad Behavior, and the Peace Corps in Fiji

WINNER OF THE 2012 USA BEST BOOK AWARD FOR MULTICULTURAL NON-FICTION

FINALIST IN THE 2013 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS AND THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS

Strap yourself in for a wild ride!

"Dodging Machetes" is sometimes dramatic and thrilling, other times flat-out funny. And it's always compelling!

Will Lutwick, a quirky misfit, gets an MBA at 22, but soon realizes he and the American corporate world are a horrid mismatch. He joins the Peace Corps and is sent to the Fiji Islands, the quintessential tropical paradise. Will finds himself attracted to prohibited pulchritude when Rani Gupta, a beautiful, rebellious 20-year-old from a traditional Hindu family, begins working in his office. Dating is taboo in Fiji's large Indian community, and an interracial couple would be unprecedented. But Rani and Will soon discover their mutual attraction impossible to resist. Their liaison is clandestine, but word gets out, and a cultural firestorm engulfs Rani's community. The two lovers are under constant threat of attack, and violence ensues. Will must confront his personal demons about courage and commitment, while Rani is treated like a pariah by her people. Will the besieged lovers stay together, or will a hostile world tear them apart?

In between the dramatic scenes, this seriocomic memoir is savvy and often hilarious. Lutwick deliciously skewers his own behavior and satirizes the people, practices, and protocols he encounters in Fiji and in backstory about his youth.

Will Lutwick has woven his provocative insight with the dramatic events of a singular, but timeless, forbidden-love story. The result is "Dodging Machetes"--a story-driven page-turner from an exceptional writer.

Country	USA
Author	Will Lutwick
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781935925125
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Peace Corps Writers
Manufacturer	Peace Corps Writers
NumberOfPages	266
PublicationDate	2014-01-04
Publisher	Peace Corps Writers
ReleaseDate	2014-01-04
Studio	Peace Corps Writers

Dodging Machetes: How I Survived Forbidden Love, Bad Behavior, and the Peace Corps in Fiji

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