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Writing about life in Malawi – by or about expats.

Maria's Story (Part 1): "I'm a pretty confident person. I didn't have a lot of anxiety about packing up my life and going to a place where I knew nobody and just starting up by myself. And then one month into being here, I was robbed at gunpoint and handcuffed to my housekeeper in the toilet." New Yorker and sexologist Maria describes her life and experience in Malawi in the first of three excerpts from the book "And Then I Came Here" by Lynne Kay.
Maria's Story (Part 2): "You see so many young women selling vegetables by the side of the road here, and if you took the time to ask, you'd hear the same stories - 'I was in school and my teacher used to ask me to come and clean his house, and he started having sex with me and then I got pregnant. I got kicked out of school and now I'm sitting here selling vegetables by the side of the road with my baby.'" Part 2 of a series of three excerpts from the book "And Then I Came Here" by Lynne Kay.
Maria's Story (Part 3): "There just aren't many single, eligible, worthwhile people. That sounds awful! - but there's nobody who's crossed my path and I've thought, 'Oh gosh, he's good-looking and seems very intelligent and is not committed, maybe I should go for it'. Lilongwe is a small town when you think about who your potential partners are." Part 3 of a series of three excerpts from the book "And Then I Came Here" by Lynne Kay.