| Notes: | Australian nurse Valerie Browning lives in one of the harshest places on earth - the desert of northern Ethiopia. She is married to Ismael, a clan leader of the nomadic Afar tribe. Together, they bring education and life-saving medical aid to the nomads. Valerie has adopted the Afar way of life and they have become haer people. To the Afar, she is known as 'Maalika' or 'Queen'. Valerie's memoir, is written with compassion, humour and unflinching honesty. It is an adventure story, a love story, and, above all, the chronicle of one woman's tireless dedication to making the world a better place.
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