Red Lights and Green Lizards: A Cambodian Adventure

by Liz Anderson

When two elderly doctors join Voluntary Service Overseas, they find themselves in unusual circumstances when they arrive in Cambodia. Together these women face not only humid weather, cockroaches, and cultural obstacles, but also something far more challenging: the harsh realities of a country still reeling from the prolonged terrors of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge. With a generosity of spirit and an unquenchable sense of humor they plunge into the maelstrom of lawlessness where life is cheap, and guns and greed prevail.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Asia, Biography

302 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was frustrated by the style of writing. I had to reread poorly constructed sentences lacking in punctuation to understand what the author was trying to say. It had the promise of a much better book.

[Ellieklerlein · Rating 3 out of 5]

really interesting take on cambodia's recovery from the khmer rouge regime

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another novel read after my own visit to the land depicted. This was about the "adventures" of establishing medical care to a people ravaged by a horrific genocide.