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Follows a surveyor learning wisdom in Ethiopia

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The Explorer, Ther Healer, and the Hippopotamus

by Shane P Miller

226 pages
Publisher: Shane P Miller
14 x 21.6 x 1.4 cm

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A charming historical tale of faith, humility, and adventure in 1893 Ethiopia.

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In 1893 Ethiopia, British surveyor Arthur Pembridge arrives near Lake Tana with maps, instruments, and far too much confidence. Mariam Zala quickly teaches him otherwise. The roads change with rain, the lake keeps its own counsel, the villagers guard what outsiders have no right to take, and the Reed Mouth is ruled by a dangerous hippopotamus with no Christian manners. Tirunesh Woldemariam, a respected Ethiopian Orthodox healer, has little patience for Arthur's errors, but she cannot ignore his willingness to be corrected. Through fasting days, bad Amharic, political suspicion, childbirth, floodwater, and one very judgmental mule, Arthur learns that courage is not always charging into danger. Sometimes it is listening, turning back, leaving names unwritten, and letting local wisdom outrank the map. Funny, faith-rooted, and quietly romantic, The Explorer, the Healer, and the Hippopotamus is a whimsical historical love story about humility, mercy, and the road God allows.