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Title: The Small Woman by Alan Burgess ISBN: 1-56849-184-0 Publisher: Buccaneer Books Inc Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Well Written True Story of an Incredible Woman
Comment: This is a true story of an insignificant English maiden who went to China to tell the Chinese people of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Alan Burgess weaves a masterful tale, including harrowing escapes, a clash of cultures and customs, extreme poverty and deprivation, amidst an enchanting background of picturesque cities tucked in the misty mountains of Northern China, official Mandarins on palanquins, and the dusty mule trails that tie it all together.
There is even a love story of Gladys and a Nationalist army officer tucked in between the bombing of her town and the marching of 100 children refugees over treacherous mountains to Sian (Xian) in search of an orphanage to care for them.
You'll not be able to put this book down, and you'll laugh and cheer for the glorious work that God does through this determined and hardy woman.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Small Woman
Comment: Gladys Alyward was rejected by the CIM because she failed on her theology test, still certain that God wanted her in China, she crosses Russia when they were at war with China over Manchuria, She makes a narrow escape from Russia,as the Russian soldiers mistake missionary for mechanic,gets to China and travels to a small city in northern Shansi. Here she learnd Chinese fluently, gets her name Ai-Wah -Deh (The Victorius One)from stopping a blooy prison riot,converts the mandarin to christianity, falls in love with Linan, a nationalist general and finally amid typhod fever and internal injuries marches to Sian with one hundred children orphaned by Japanese bombs.
I did find it a little disapointing that it does not quite finish the story...but as she was still alive when this book was written it can't be helped.
Rating: 5
Summary: The beginning of a new adventure for you!
Comment: The movie made me want to read the book. I've read & re-read it. It wets your appetite for adventure in another place, another time. I've begun looking for other books about China and Gladys. I'm enjoying discovering the History, the time, the landscape, it's inhabitants and the many authors who've written about China. It has made me want to go to China to see the places she roamed and walk there. It's romance, history, adventure, so many things in one small book.
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Title:The Inn of the Sixth Happiness ASIN: B00008LDO1 Publisher: Fox Home Entertainme Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $12.28 |
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Title: The Little Woman by Christine Hunter ISBN: 0802429866 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1981 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Gladys Aylward by Catherine Swift ISBN: 1556610904 Publisher: Bethany House Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1989 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Gladys Aylward: Missionary in China by Sam Wellman ISBN: 1577482220 Publisher: Barbour Bargain Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $3.97 |
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Title: Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime by Janet Benge, Geoff Benge ISBN: 1576580199 Publisher: YWAM Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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