Book Notes: Love in the Driest Season
“By noon, the ants had found the girl-child.”
From the first sentence, this book had us hooked. Not only is it a great story, but very well written. My wife and I are in a similar situation, living in Africa and trying to adopt a child we’ve had for years, and the book seems pretty realistic to us. Of note, the author is neither cynical nor romantic about his family’s experiences, and gives us a very good picture of the struggles of his heart as well as the external struggle for adoption. Thanks to our daughter Lisa for sending us this book!
Love in the Driest Season, by Neely Tucker, 2004 (*****)