The Wild-Bird Child: A Life of Amy Carmichael

by Derick Bingham

This biography, researched from Amy Carmichael's original letters, uncovers the heart and conscience of this self-effacing missionary. She has become a brilliant, personable, and passionate. Until her death in 1951, she devoted fifty years of her life to rescuing babies and children from dangerous backgrounds in India. Against difficult circumstances, she and her colleagues provided a safe home for these children in Dohnavur in South India. Amy Carmichael, Christian missionary, social reformer, and writer, once described herself as a "wild-bird child, and in no wise tame." In this biography, we find spiritual gold.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Derick Bingham is a teaching pastor with Christ Church in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has written over twenty books and broadcasts weekly for TransWorld Radio into Europe and the Middle East. He is a director on the board of the New Irish Choir and Orchestra and travels internationally teaching and preaching the Scriptures. He lives in Belfast with his wife Margaret.

Reviews

[Ujwala Malewadkar]

Amy Carmichael is truly a gift of God for India. She is my role model and the thought is too horrible to think that if Amy wouldn't be sent by God to India what would be the life of us, Indian girls. She is a true example of faith and what The Almighty God can work with a woman fully dedicated to Him. Yes, she is my inspiration and a light of Lord Jesus Christ which shine in the evil-darkness of India. Amy Carmichael is a woman of God.

[Gayle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too much space given to recounting world events at the beginning of each chapter disrupted the flow of the story of Amy’s life. The book is in desperate need of a proof-reader! The numerous typos were a distraction. Despite that, Amy Carmichael’s passion for rescuing lost people is still inspiring.