"Economist David Pedersen moves from Denmark to Washington, D.C. to join the World Bank. He is driven by two burning ambitions: to contribute to poverty alleviation and to build a family better than the one from his childhood. The World Bank brings genuine rewards, frustrating challenges, and the unexpected; while in West Africa, he is held hostage by Islamists. With harrowing choices and surprising twists, pursuing an ethical, happy life becomes a balancing act including passionate love, exciting sexual experimentation, tragic loss, culture wars, and domestic terror, making him run to save his life. But is there a way back to be with the woman he loves?"--Back cover.
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