x, 546 p. ;25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546).
The drama of a U.S. missionary family in Africa during a war of decolonization. At its center is Nathan Price, a self-righteous Baptist minister who establishes a mission in a village in 1959 Belgian Congo. The resulting clash of cultures is seen through the eyes of his wife and his four daughters. By the author of Pigs in Heaven.
1.Americans--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Fiction.2.Missionaries--Fiction.