Hungry River: A Yangtze Novel

Yangtze Dragon Trilogy #1

by Millie Nelson Samuelson

This is the Third Edition (2015) of HUNGRY RIVER. The main changes are the cover and publisher. The Second Edition (2011), still "out there," added photos to the First Edition (2005). The story itself has not changed with Editions Two and Three.

In the midst of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion massacres, Nils and Lizzie attempt to flee to safety down the treacherous Great Long Yangtze River in their disguised boat. When rebel troops capture them, a fierce-faced commander takes one look at them, then mysteriously shouts to his men, "Where are the foreign devils? I see only white Chinese! Release them!"

Hungry River tells the story of these daring "white Chinese" missionary-river-merchants struggling to survive in war-tormented China -- a story highlighted by their granddaughter Abbie's modern-day journal entries. A romance triangle, danger, tragedy and mystery are all part of their story. But so are faith, hope, and overcoming.

Hungry River is the first book in the author's Yangtze Dragon Trilogy, followed by Dragon Wall and Jade Cross. Millie invites you to visit her www.milliesbooks.org

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 10, 2011

Reviews

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting, reads like a journal but you do become invested in the characters. Based on true family experiences.

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was expecting this book to contain a detailed retelling of what was going on in China at that point in time, so I was disappointed that it was not. The scant history was more of a backdrop to the story about Christian missionaries sent to China at that time. On nearly every page, there was a reference to the True God; I'm not saying there was anything wrong with that, but the story wasn't was I thought it would be, and I would have enjoyed it more had the backdrop been the story of the missionaries instead of the other way around.

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book on China.