Alexandria of Africa- Eric Walters

Eric Walters continues to amaze me. One, with the sheer volume of material he is able to produce and two, with the varied and relevant themes and plots he pursues. Alexandria of Africa is about a spoiled rich kid who thinks nothing of being arrested for shoplifting, confident that her rich father will bail her out again. Her society mother gives her everything she wants, presumably to make up for the divorce which has occurred some years earlier. Initially, it loks like Alexandria is going to have to serve time in detention. There are some very funny parts where the judge, who is a little high on pain medication, decides to throw the book at her, as it were! Her attitude certainly doesn’t help. Listen to this excerpt. alexandria

Alexandria subsequently is sentenced to spend three weeks working with the Child Save organization in Africa. Although it seems somewhat unlikely that she could undergo much character change in that length of time, Walters makes it quite conceivable and she gains first-hand knowledge of the poverty and lack of opportunities in that land through a burgeoning relationship with a young Masai girl.

This is Eric Walters at his finest. His own heart for, and experience in Africa, comes through the voices of the characters in this stry.