bout de papier, Volume 14, Issue No. 4, 1997
A Crocodile in the Pool: Tales of a Diplomat’s Wife in the Congo
Janet Ruddock’s odyssey from diplomatic spouse to author began one day in May of 1998 in a dusty North Toronto basement.
“A small and challenging post in Africa please”
“Chargé departed on leave this morning. I have assumed charge. P.S.: burning barricades across the airport road and demonstrations throughout the day. Help!” And so it all began, six weeks into Kinshasa…. Fortunately rain stopped play — as it often did —…
