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The Leper Compound

By Paula Nangle, www.literaryventuresfund.org

Release date: January 1, 2008

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For me, the sign of a great book is that it not only entertains, but it also challenges and teaches me. This in turn changes me just a bit. The Leper Compound does this beautifully. This is a fictional story of Colleen, a white girl, growing up in South Africa in the eighties during severe political unrest. Her father is a coffee farmer who has been widowed and left with two young daughters. We learn Colleen’s mother died when she was seven and her younger sister is slowly losing her mind.

“Thanks so much for writing the Book Room review -- it will always be appreciated.”

-The Leper Compound Author Paula Nangle

The story progresses from the time right after the mother dies through Colleen’s teenage years, her time as a nurse, her marriage, and the birth of her son. This is a short book with just 192 pages, but there is an abundance of wealth in those pages, from the gorgeous writing, to the painful coming of age story of Colleen.

The author of the book lived in Africa with her missionary parents growing up, and is currently a psychiatric nurse. My hope is that she can retire and spend all her time writing, because she truly has a gift and I will be first in line to read more.

Book Room Grade

A+

Review Posted: May 23, 2008

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