“Scroggins brings Sudan’s agony to vivid life; at the same time,she gives us a lyrical, suspenseful, psychologically acute study inidealism and self-delusion.” —George Packer, The New York TimesBook Review
"Breathtaking and beautifully written. . . . Deborah Scrogginsweaves the greater issues of Sudan around [Emma] McCune’sidealism.” –USA Today
“Brilliantly penetrating. . . . In [Emma McCune]Scroggins has found a feckless, captivating subject, asinsufferable as the white man"s insatiable need for redemption inAfrica…. Scroggins undoes every illusion about aid, hunger andrebellion.” –Washington Post
“A wonderful, challenging book. . . . One of the bestthat I have ever read on the difficult relationship between thedeveloped world and the Third World.” —William Shawcross, SundayTimes (London)
Tall, striking, and adventurous to a fault, young Britishrelief worker Emma McCune came to Sudan determined to make adifference in a country decimated by the longest-running civil warin Africa. She became a near legend in the bullet-scarred,famine-ridden country, but her eventual marriage to a rebel warlordmade international headlines—and spelled disastrous consequencesfor her ideals.
Enriched by Deborah Scroggins’s firsthand experience as anaward-winning journalist in Sudan, this unforgettable account ofEmma McCune’s tragically short life also provides an up-close lookat the volatile politics in the region. It’s a world whereinternational aid fuels armies as well as the starving population,and where the northern-based Islamic government—with ties to Osamabin Laden—is locked in a war with the Christian and pagan southover religion, oil and slaves. Tying together these vastlydisparate forces as well as Emma’s own role in the problems of theregion, Emma’s War is at once a disturbing love story and afascinating exploration of the moral quandaries behind humanitarianaid.
Deborah Scroggins has won six national journalism awards for herreporting from Sudan and the Middle East. For Emma’s War shewas awarded the Georgia Author of the Year Award. A formercorrespondent for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, she haspublished articles in Granta, The Independent,Vogue, and Glamour. She lives in Atlanta.
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