Elaine Neil Orr
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6:8 in her room at a Georgia womenâ€™s college, she understands her true calling: to become a missionary. It is a leap of faith that sweeps her away to Africa in an odyssey of personal discovery, tremendous hardship, and profound transformation.,For the earnest, headstrong daughter of a prosperous slave owner, living among the Yoruba people is utterly unlike Emmaâ€™s sheltered childhoodâ€”as is her new husband, Henry Bowman. Twenty years her senior, the mercurial Henry is the object of Emmaâ€™s mad first love, intensifying the sensations of all they see and share together. Each day brings new tragedy and heartbreak, and each day, Emma somehow finds the hope, passion, and strength of will to press onward. Through it all, Henryâ€™s first gift to Emma, a simple writing boxâ€”with its red leather-bound diary and space for a few cherished keepsakesâ€”becomes her closest confidant, Emmaâ€™s last connection to a life that seems, in this strange new world, like a passing memory.,A tale of social and spiritual awakening; a dispatch from a difficult era at home and abroad; and a meditation on faith, freedom, and desire, A Different Sun is a captivating fiction debut.
Historical,Historical Fiction,Cultural,Africa,Fiction,Christian Fiction,Historical,Western Africa,Nigeria,Cultural,International
A Different Sun