And here we have yet another one of my readings for school, also from my Contemporary Fiction class. Unlike Burger's Daughter though, this book was a re-read for me. I found this book in a box my grandmother had sent home with me one time to give to my mother. My mom never ended up touching the box,...
This book was a great read until the last third. Then I feel it totally became stereotyped tripe. It lost me at that point, and I felt it became an entirely different book and one I didn't enjoy at all. The first part was lush with its view of life as missionaries in a foreign world and life in A...
I enjoyed this book. Not really gripping, but did keep your interest enough. A very cute story and kind of got attached to the little girls. I don't know if I would enjoy being the child of a preacher.
This was fantastic, and I can't believe that it took me so long to finally sit down and read it. Really, If I could, I'd give it 4 1/2 stars - my only issue with the book is a small pet peeve with the proportions of the narrative ark, i.e. that 2 yrs of the narrative takes up about 85% of the book, ...
Reasons for loving this book? The way the author opens the story with the broad view: "First, picture the forest..." with lots of details about what might be in that forest. Then in the next paragraph she gets specific: "Way down below now, single file on the path, comes a woman with four girls in t...
Upon the recommendation of my wife and several friends, I read this book skeptically at first. But I ended up really enjoying it. It gave me a view into Congolese politics and Western thought about Africa. I do have one problem with this book however. Though it depicts the way many good intentioned ...
In late 1950s Congo, an American missionary arrives with his family intent on bringing enlightenment to the savages. The experiences of the family are told by the preacher’s wife, Orleanna and their four daughters, the vain Rachel, twins Leah, who is devoted to her father, and Adah, damaged at birth...
i only wish she published more often...a beautiful book. she's brave enough to tackle religion (and their missionaries) and the american gov't's policies around the world (specifically the eisenhower administration's policy in the congo, as far as the story is concerned, but we know what she means....
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