Celeste Charlene
2013
Prism Book Group
ISBN 9781940099057
$2.99 Ebook
$13.99 Print
Inspirational general fiction
A remarkable year in the life of a businesswoman changes her
and lives she touches.
Sandy Calbrin, Sister Sandy to the African people she
nurses, becomes Mommy Blessing when she fosters a doomed baby. Sandy thought
she was doing her Christian duty by sponsoring several girls in an orphanage in
Africa. When the country underwent a coup, she decided to take a trip to check
on the girls and pick up some shea nuts for the spa treatments she offers at
her spa.
Things go left as soon as she arrives. The orphanage was
abandoned, the military have power, and the mission asks if she’ll use her
nursing experience to help stem a measles epidemic. Her situation continues to
deteriorate as she accidentally breaks nearly every taboo in the unfamiliar
culture.
A couple of week adventure turned into nearly a year of
struggle, including an opportunity to be a mother who loves and releases her
child, a health worker who attempts to teach better health habits in the face
of cultural practices of generations, and grow her once-tepid faith to that of
a prayer warrior who even longs to return.
This book is not a genre story, but a remarkable, almost
coming-of-age book although the main character, Sandy, is not a teen.
Recommended for people who enjoy reading and living about different cultures
from an author who experienced the lifestyle firsthand.
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