I am re-posting this from Eclectic Global Nomad

I recently finished reading Gods of Noonday: A White Girl’s African Life by Elaine Neil Orr.  It is a memoir of a Missionary Kid (MK) who grew up in Nigeria, West Africa.  She writes it while she is waiting for a kidney transplant and possibly facing death.

I’m still not sure what I think about this book.  I don’t usually identify with MK’s since they often have issues regarding their faith and feelings of abandonment I just don’t relate to.  However, her description of life in Nigeria is beautifully written and brought back a flood of memories for me.  The book is also interesting historically because she lived there during the Nigerian civil war.  The war was all around her.

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