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-- Amazon Customer Review:
Cutting Edge Novel Doesn't Fool Around, October 16, 2006
If you want to read a cozy book, this one isn't for you. The
second book in a series, Across the China Sky divulges
information that just now is hitting the front pages of American
newspapers (Washington Post, for example, just ran a front-page
story on the neglected Chinese orphans.) This book is gripping
from the first chapter. The author's account makes you wonder if
she lived it through it herself. Anybody would benefit from
reading this - from the account of the children's plights to the
wicked cultic schemes - it is truly a book that won't leave you
the same person you were when you started out. As American
businesses move toward China, we must also be aware of the other
facets that make up this complex country. Human rights
violations should not be ignored for the sake of lining a few
billionaires' pockets, and with the Olympics coming up in 2008,
this is the perfect time to be aware of what's going on in China
and do something about it. Kudos to C. Hope Flinchbaugh for
taking a stand and telling these stories. It's a book I couldn't
get enough of and sad to see end. The accounts of the mental and
physical torture are brutal, so be forewarned, this is not a
comfortable story. But it will be time well-spent.
Publisher's Weekly completely missed the point of the book in
their "review". And as far as their confusion over narrative, I
can only wonder if that reviewer had had one too many. And
disappointing, this book is not.
Like sipping a fine wine, you can't jump into this book
expecting it to come out the way you would like it. Hold on for
the ride and judge for yourself.
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--Review from Christian Marketplace, United Kingdom:
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Across the China
Sky
Based on true events, as
related to the author in 2002, this novel
provides a frightening insight into the Chinese
Cult, ‘Eastern Lightening’. The group kidnapped
34 Christian leaders, under the guise of
offering much needed underground Bible Training,
and attempted to bribe, brainwash and torture
them into adopting their own teachings. Set
within a love story in modern day China, the
horror of the treatment these Christians
received takes second place to the spirit and
purity of their faith, as they try to remain
true to God and to each other. A gripping story
and one which grabs and keeps your attention.
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-- Rendevous Review:
"Chen
Liko and his old water buffalo, Old Gray,
return
from the rice fields tried andatisfied. Now is the best part
of the day. Liko's future bride is waiting for him. It will
be two years before their actual marriage, but in the mean
time their work in the large Christian movement in China
keeps them occupied. Mei Lin has a secret she has had the
nerve to share with Chen Liko. The year of starvation and
beating during her imprisonment because of her Christian
faith has left her barren. In the meantime, she decides go
to Shanghai and work in an orphanage hoping to find some
answers there. Shortly after she leaves a young woman shows
up confessing to be a new converted Christian and offers to
help the Christian leaders in the area to acquire the
needed funds to attend a famous underground seminary. Chen
Liko, along with a large number of others, eagerly accepts.
None realizes this trip will test their faith and place
their lives in jeopardy. Ms. Flinchbaugh's characters are
unforgettable. You'll love the protagonists. The bonds of
love they share and their faith is heartwarming. It's a
story that you can recommend to anyone, even your
grandmother." --Rendezvous
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Hope Flinchbaugh is an author,
freelance writer, and homeschooling mom from Pennsylvania.
She authored
Daughter of China, a novel based on true stories of religious
persecution in China and women who face the one child policy there.
Daughter of China received a Catherine Marshall Christy Award of
Excellence in 2003. Hope’s nonfiction book, Spiritually Parenting Your
Preschooler, was released in August 2003. .She is a contributor to
Soul Matters, a series released in bookstores and
Sam's Clubs in 2005. Hope’s latest novel, Across the China Sky,
will be released in the fall of 2006.
C. Hope can be contacted through the following email addresses:
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