Annie Blizard

Excellent. We read the experience of an American family dragged out to Congo by their fanatical Baptist preacher father. The father is an awful character, with no respect for women or people with a different belief system. Through this we get some idea of rural Congolese life and the different sets of values. A lot happens in this book, as it follows the family from 1959-1997. The later decades being done much quicker. Get through the first few chapters (where the interactions are almost painfully embarrassing) and you’ll be hooked.