Christina Meldrum

This was a really hard book to for me to read, just because of the abuse that the girl went through. A story about a sick family. Very disturbing to me. But, I must say it's a book you keep thinking about. The characters were interesting and the religious aspect was also. I thought the author's knowledge of plants was very interesting.

All around great book. Very thought-provoking. I devoured it in one sitting.

I was pleasantly surprised with this book. It was a little difficult to get into at first, but it's a fascinating read the further I got into it. It brought up some rather interesting questions about Christianity and its origins that I found intriguing.

Having a hard time figuring the value in the meaning of this book. Family members put their faith in the religious people around them in MI but when they get to Africa, we realize what had happened. This book had adultery with the parish priest, teen sex, bastard children, self-mutilation, fasting/starving, child slavery, and murder. After awhile it was hard to have sympathy for anyone in the family. The only one worth caring about was the neighbor lady.