O n Halloween 2014 I left Atlanta in my new Prius station wagon laden with hundreds of copies of my book and a schedule to stop in 17 cities across the US within one month. Stops on my book tour included The Ivy Bookstore in Baltimore, Wigl Whisky in Pittsburgh, A Room of One's Own in Madison, BookBar in Denver, Upstart Crow in San Diego, Ascension Coffee in Dallas, and The Carter Center in Atlanta.

My book, "Inside a Refugee Crisis: My Time in South Sudan," is a collection of messages sent home from a mission with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). It details the experiences while immersed in a refugee camp in South Sudan during a disease outbreak in the summer of 2013. The book is a compilation of raw, honest messages that intimately express the frustration and joy of a medical humanitarian mission in the midst of desperate conditions. All proceeds from sales of the book went to MSF.

Name
Sandy Althomsons
Origin
Atlanta
Photo Location
Outside the Very Large Array in New Mexico. Can you see the radio telescopes behind me?
Destination
Around the country and back to Atlanta.
Year
2014
Companions
Just me and my books.


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