{"id":176,"date":"2009-05-27T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T10:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/05\/review-from-canada-scareda-novel-on-the-edge-of-the-world.html"},"modified":"2009-05-27T10:40:53","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T10:40:53","slug":"review-from-canada-scareda-novel-on-the-edge-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/05\/review-from-canada-scareda-novel-on-the-edge-of-the-world.html","title":{"rendered":"Review from Canada: Scared-A Novel on the Edge of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviews are just starting to trickle in from advanced reading copies of Scared<\/a>. I wanted to share one with you from Canada, posted on the Amazon Canada site. By the way, for all my Canadian friends, I will be on 100 Huntley Street<\/a>, one of the largest TV programs in Canada in June. I will also be speaking at Christian Heritage Day @ Ontario Place<\/a> June 6th.<\/p>\n

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"Anyone who thinks that fiction isn't life changing might want to consider this title! Scared was one of the best books I have read in a long time, because it truly caused me to consider my own worldview and then motivated me to action. <\/p>\n

Tom Davis knows of what he writes, because his story of a photojournalist's view of in Swaziland transported me right into the dust, mud, poverty, hunger, desperation, and humanity of people he obviously loves a great deal. <\/p>\n

I turned the pages quickly, but at the same time had a hard time digesting all that I was reading. The story of Adanna – a lovely girl, orphaned by AIDS and trapped by circumstances few North Americans can fathom was both beautiful and heartbreaking. <\/p>\n

The words of this book jumped off the page, and haunted my thoughts long after reading. Scared served to personalize and put a face to the suffering of so many on the continent of Africa. And yet, the reader is not left without hope – but hopeful that change is possible, and we have the opportunity to affect change. <\/p>\n

I am so grateful that Tom Davis chose to write it. It was used to change my perspective and I pray that it finds a wide audience – and becomes a catalyst for change in the hearts and minds of thousands of others!"   – Ellen Graf-Martin<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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