Heaven Lake (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780743246354)

When Vincent Saunders -- fresh out of college in the States -- arrives in Taiwan as a Christian volunteer and English teacher, he meets a wealthy Taiwanese businessman who wishes to marry a young woman living in China near Heaven Lake but is thwarted by political conflict. Mr. Gwa wonders: In exchange for money, will Vincent travel to China, take part in a counterfeit marriage, and bring the woman back to Taiwan for Gwa to marry legitimately? Believing that marriage is a sacrament, Vincent says no.
Soon, though, everything Vincent understands about himself and his vocation in Taiwan changes. A complicated friendship with one of the high-school girls he teaches sends him on a path toward spiritual reckoning. It also causes him to reconsider Gwa's extraordinary proposition. What follows is not just an exhilarating -- sometimes harrowing -- journey to a remote city in China, but an exploration of love, loneliness, and the nature of faith.

Author: John Dalton
ISBN-10: 0743246357
ISBN-13: 9780743246354
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.50w x 1.03d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 71