SUSAN S. (susieqmillsacoustics) - , reviewed on 5/6/2011 + 1062 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 6

This is an incredible book! It is among the best books I have ever read. I hesitated to start it, as it is a long book and in reading the synopsis, I thought it may be slow moving-but I was wrong! It was impossible to put down from the very beginning, for me. It is told mostly by the writing of each of the four daughters, beginning with leaving their home in Georgia to arrive in a remote village in Africa in 1959. The daughters range in age from 5 to 15-about to be 16. The mother also tells her story. Their personalities are all so different and while it is often quite humorous-it is also harsh survival-and everything between. It is so absorbing, I could not read it fast enough. It follows the years and the impact on their lives of their Southern Baptist father's decision to relocate this innocent, naive family to a foreign, alien culture. This book is on the list of "1,001 books to read before you die" and I wholeheartedly agree!

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