A fundamentalist Baptist missionary uproots his family from their American way of life, and deposits them in a primitive African village; the Belgian Congo of the 1950s. Their extraordinary life story unfolding over three decades is told by his wife and four daughters. Their very different personalities reflect on the culture, with political, religious and personal consequences. It is an enthralling epic, touching on every aspect of human existence, endurance and final estrangement.
(Mary Standing - bwl 23 April 2004 ) |
