English girl has dreams of being a comedy writer. Girl chases dream but somehow lands on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean as a celebrity journalist. Girl realizes her life has little meaning. Girl sees photo of handsome human rights activist in magazine. Girl decides he will be hers. Girl travels to Uganda in an attempt to be a serious journalist, turning her professional life around. Girl also hopes that boy will take her seriously, turning her romantic life around.
Of course, none of Jane Bussman’s plans work out in the end. The moment she lands in Uganda, she finds out that hunky activist John Prendergast has left for Washington. She has no money to return to the States, and deadlines have been promised. She has no choice but to actually get the story.
What she did uncover was and is probably the worst human rights violation in Uganda - the abduction of tens of thousands of children by the Lord’s Resistance Army, a terrorist organization led by “the most evil man in the world”, Joseph Kony.
With all the panache of a self-deprecating chick-lit heroine, Bussman leaves no refugee camp unvisited, no military official uninterviewed, no government document unscrutinised.
The Worst Date Ever is not what you think it is and exactly what you think it is. You will have to read it for yourself to find out if Bussman gets Prendergast in the end, but you will probably find yourself not really caring about that little technicality.
This book is a fantastic way to get otherwise apolitical readers into world issues without them getting bored with the details. It is thought provoking and moving yet hilarious at the same time as you do not know whether or not to laugh or cry! If only learning about politics was this fun. Read this, and read this now.
(By Alia Ali)
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