Elsbeth

by Myra Harold

Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[Bo]

This was an interesting biography of two missionaries who met and married, and then just several years into their marriage the wife developed leukemia. Overall, I felt it was a a reasonable book. It chronicles their meeting one another, courtship (such as it was), and marriage. The couple were honest with their feelings and struggles with leukemia entering their lives. However, I found the book had quite a sad quality about it, almost depressing. There were also a few times in the book that we were given, what I considered, "too much information" that added nothing to the story.

A thought I really appreciated was "Since they were first married, they had made a conscious effort to 'walk in each other's shoes' - to think through what the mate was experiencing." Good advice. While she was going through the battle with leukemia, his role as supportive mate wasn't easy either.

And another quote, "In my most holy moments, I'm still an unworthy sinner."

[Dot]

This was an interesting read. Elsbeth son , Erik , is now pastor at my church.

[Esther]

Elsbeth is Swiss nurse who marries an American doctor but after only four years of marriage she dies of leukemia. They are Christians.