The Secret of Luminaries. A true story of the cyclone girl. Book Review. SJ Dodgson. MJoTA 2013 v7n2 p0708.
Tonight I read a book and was blown away. I am somewhere near Sirius.
A
story about Congo, about Kinshasa, about love, about hate, about the
need in us all to hate what we don't understand. "The Secret of the
Luminaries" by son of Congo, lawyer and philosopher BN Dunn.
I
sat back in my panda-rug chair at dusk and did not get up until I
finished the book, covered in mosquito bites. I had not noticed, I was
in Congo, following a man who devoted his life to rescuing orphans who
kept getting derailed by rapists masquerading as priests and taxi
drivers and freedom fighters and murderers masquerading as church women.
This book could only have been written by a son of Congo.
Mr
Dunn captured the dynamics of a Congolese marriage that fits with my
observations, and also the natural hospitality, trust and honesty that
slams into evil served up by self-defined men of God.
A grim tale told about the abandonment and rescue and kidnap of a girl born without skin color, an albino. And redemption.
Technically
excellent, I was not aware of sentence structure or grammar, or
spelling errors. Layout and cover design also excellent. This book will
not fall apart when you have read it 5 or 6 times.
ISBN 978-0-9891684-0-3
