A Different Sun

Author(s): Elaine Neil Orr

Location(s): Nigeria, West Africa

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): 1800s and Modern

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When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6:8 in her room at a Georgia women’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. Her life in Africa is utterly unlike her sheltered childhood and so is her new husband Henry. Together they experience tragedy and heartbreak as well as joy. A tale of spiritual and social awakening and a meditation on faith, freedom and desire.

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This book isn’t really about the religious aspect of missionary work, more about the experience of living in a different culture, being an exception among the native inhabitants,

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Atmospheric and moving

Set in the mid-1800s, the novel follows Emma Davis, a young woman from a Georgia slave-owning family. Thoughtful, intelligent, and yearning for connection, Emma finds herself called to mission work, drawn toward the vague idea of an Africa she...