title: The Eggshell Path: A Story of Survival
author: Valerie Paget-wilkes
description: Valerie Paget-Wilkes grew up in Salisbury, England and moved to Zambia after completing her nursing training in Bristol. In 1977 she moved with her husband and two daughters, first, from war-torn Zimbabwe to Belize in Central America where her third daughter was born, then to Costa Rica, finally settling in Florida in 1984. She now lives in Virginia.
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  _For my parents_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # [Map](004-toc.html#map)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Table of Contents
  
  
  [Cover Page](001-coverpage.html)
  
  
  [Dedication](002-dedication.html)
  
  
  [Map](003-map.html)
  
  
  [In Which, Following a Useless Day, Our Hero Finds Himself Irresistibly Drawn
  to Trouble](005-chapter1.html)
  
  
  [In Which Is Noted the Difficulty of Overheating a Room in North China in
  Winter](006-chapter2.html)
  
  
  [In Which the Number of Courses in a Western Meal Passes Without Remark and
  Miss Perkins Demonstrates One Way to Eat a Boiled Pheasant](007-chapter3.html)
  
  
  [In Which We Find That Miss Perkins Shares Morrison’s Missionary Position and,
  Following Talk of War, Geishas and Small Feet, a Form of Exercise Is
  Proposed](008-chapter4.html)
  
  
  [In Which Morrison and Miss Perkins Arrive at the First Pass Under
  Heaven](009-chapter5.html)
  
  
  [In Which the Sun Comes Up on a New Era in Morrison’s Life, a Scandalous
  Conversation Ensues and Our Hero Accepts an Invitation to
  Ride](010-chapter6.