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Reviewed on June 15, 2018 | Media
Wright reshapes the narrative around Christian missionary work, describing faith, family, and social life in the mission field of Costa Rica with a blunt wit and edgy vulnerability, expressed at times in vulgar language but also with surprising tenderness and insight. She recounts her secular Jewish upbringing, teenage pregnancy, and the quest for identity, belonging, and purpose that ensue when she marries the father of her newborn child and seeks to embrace the Christian faith he has known since childhood. Her enc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More