When we watch a movie or read a book very often we can hear about love story. Finally love is the most important part of our life. Today I would like to write about book "Heaven Lake" by John Dalton (2004). It is quite long (ca. 650 pages in Polish) story of an American Christian volunteer, who arrived in Taiwan to tell about God and teach English. His name is Vincent Saunders, and he is fresh out of college in the States. His story is complicated and in the second part of his being in Asia he decided to help a guy who ask him to marry a woman from China instead him...
Usually I like main character of book or identify with him. But not this time. Vincent is young man, he believes in God, knows the Bible very well and try do many things correctly. Page by page I saw that he is a bit naive, and doesn't know what he want. Although I do not like him and his behaviour made me angry, reading this book gave me pleasure! His travel for taking woman from China as a wife, show China as a bit strange and dangerous country. Vincent seemed lost and very lonely, not only in China, but probably more in their emotions.
Other intriguing character is a businessman from Taipei, who has wife and four years old son are constantly looking for his other half, his true love. What an unhappy marriage! Very strange book!
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