I was excited to read this book because I had heard really great things about it. Sadly, I was disappointed. I was confused at first by the large amount of jumping around the book did back and forth between five people and different time periods. The whole idea of a missionary family going to "save" people in another country on a different continent is wrong to me. I don't think they needed or wanted saving...and the preacher was ultimately unsuccessful with his mission. I did enjoy how the women in the book became strong and independent and finally came into their own and found their own identity. Perhaps the character I enjoyed the most was Leah Price...who stayed in the Congo and who believed in the Congo. She seemed to at least have some substance to her. I liked Adah, Leah's twin, and her ability to manipulate words and numbers. I found her interesting. Her older sister...Rachel...what a materialistic, pretentious, predictable character. I must admit that I felt the book dragged on forever. This is part of why I did not enjoy it. I would have liked it much better if it was 100 pages shorter. What did you think?
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