LADY ON A DONKEY

by Beth Prim Howell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 3, 1960

The story of a young southern woman's heroic attempt and success at establishing an increasingly vast missionary orphanage in Egypt as the result of her religious calling, is a gushingly religious, yet often heartwarming book, full of the endless and almost hopeless trials and tribulations attendant in such quantity and variety upon an undertaking as ambitious as this. Constantly on the verge of ecstatic tears and invariably correct prophetic revelations colored by the magnificence of the Egyptian scenery, Lillian Trasher is usually either ethereally transported by her direct communication with the Divine Being, or finds her own being ""suddenly engulfed in a mighty surge of compassion"". Penniless and with no knowledge of the whence of tomorrow's meal, she is perpetually confident that God will provide- and invariably He does: in the form of silent strangers knocking on her door to leave divine funds, and promptly disappearing in halos of holy charity. There are, nevertheless, moments of discouragement -- brief, however, and instantaneously dispelled by soul-searching and random openings of the Bible at significant passages which confirm her mission in Africa. Too often melodramatic, this is a sincere and moving book for the reader who is able to overcome his reactions to the pervading element of moist-eyed divine inspiration.

Pub Date: Oct. 3, 1960

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Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1960

Categories: NONFICTION