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The Meeting Point
The Meeting Point | Lucy Caldwell
4 posts | 4 read
When Euan and Ruth set off with their young daughter to live in Bahrain, it is meant to be an experience and adventure they will cherish. But on the night they arrive, Ruth discovers the truth behind the missionary work Euan has planned and feels her world start to crumble. Far from home, and with events spiralling towards war in nearby Iraq, she starts to question her faith - in Euan, in their marriage and in all she has held dear. With Euan so often away, she is confined to their guarded compound with her neighbours and, in particular, Noor, a troubled teenager recently returned to Bahrain to live with her father. Confronted by temptations and doubt, each must make choices that could change all of their lives for ever. Compelling, passionate and deeply resonant, The Meeting Point is a novel about idealism and innocence, about the unexpected turns life can take and the dangers and chances that await us.
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Bookwormjillk
Bookwormjillk
The Meeting Point | Lucy Caldwell
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Once again trying to read while Not-My-Cat tries to send me subliminal messages about tuna fish.

dabbe Hello, Nifty Not-My-Cat! 🖤🐾🖤 10mo
kspenmoll Not-My-Cat has adopted you. Sorry!!!😻 10mo
TheBookHippie I have two “not my cats” a black one and a grey and white one 😂🤷🏻‍♀️ 10mo
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CoverToCoverGirl Tag! You‘re it!😻🐈‍⬛ 10mo
Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie it‘s mildly embarrassing when his human comes to collect him at the end of the night. 10mo
TheBookHippie @Bookwormjillk 😂😂😂Winifred is quite put out that they lay on the stoop 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🐶 but she allows it. 10mo
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Hooked_on_books
Hooked_on_books
The Meeting Point | Lucy Caldwell
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Mehso-so

Ruth and Euan travel to #Bahrain so that Euan can preach at the local church. Ruth is a bit bored and lonely, as is neighboring teen Noor, but what each is searching for the other ultimately can‘t provide. This book initially bashes you over the head with religion without warning (unless you read @squirrelbrain ‘s review, thanks Helen!), but then backs off that a bit to explore these two lost women. Not bad, not great.

#ReadingAsia2021

tagged users iconLibrarybelle, BarbaraBB
squirrelbrain Great review Holly, and I‘m glad that it wasn‘t as bad as we feared! 3y
Librarybelle Great review! 3y
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squirrelbrain
squirrelbrain
The Meeting Point | Lucy Caldwell
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Bailedbailed

I‘m still counting this for #readingasia2021 #bahrain,as I made it just over halfway before bailing! 😁

The blurb gives no clue (other than the word ‘faith‘ hidden away) that Euan is a Christian going to Bahrain to convert the local Muslims, and to smuggle Bibles. The book is full of preaching and bible quotes and seems to strongly infer that Christianity is good and Islam is bad. It‘s also set in expat Bahrain so no feel for the country at all.

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TrishB Helen bailed again 😱😱 3y
TrishB I‘m definitely not picking this one up. 3y
squirrelbrain I know @TrishB - what is the world coming to?! 🤪 3y
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BarbaraBB Lol! Reading Asia is pushing our boundaries 😉 (edited) 3y
Megabooks This is a big no! 3y
Librarybelle Totally counts! 3y
rockpools Oh no! Also, congrats on bailing 🥳. Sometimes it‘s entirely necessary! 3y
Hooked_on_books Oh no! I just bought this one and that sounds awful! 😩 Well, I‘ll still try it since I have no other Bahrain options on my radar. 3y
squirrelbrain At least you‘re pre-warned Holly! @Hooked_on_books Let me know if the second half is any better and I might give it another go…. 🤷‍♀️ 3y
Hooked_on_books Will do. If I make it that far! 3y
Hooked_on_books I started this one last night and have read maybe 20 pages so far. Holy cow, bible, bible, bible! Why would the publisher mischaracterize this so badly in their description?!? It serves no one! I‘m really glad for your review, since it prepared me much better than they did. 3y
squirrelbrain I know Holly @Hooked_on_books - I just couldn‘t understand why the blurb was so misleading… hopefully you‘ll make it further than I did! 3y
Hooked_on_books I haven‘t posted my review yet, but I finished this a couple days ago. Ultimately I didn‘t think it was bad, but didn‘t love it, either. In the end, I felt like the characters who were more militantly religious were depicted in a negative light, so even though this felt at the start as though it was going to be a super religious book, it wasn‘t. I don‘t really think you missed much by bailing, though. 3y
squirrelbrain I don‘t think I‘ll try to finish it still, even though the second half sounds a bit better than the first! @Hooked_on_books 3y
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jenniferw88
jenniferw88
The Meeting Point | Lucy Caldwell
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The lovely @aprilpohren is offering to surprise Littens by purchasing books off #Kindlewishlist if you share the link/your email address and tagging/hashtagging her in the posts!

Here's my wishlist: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/ls/?ie=UTF8&lid=1VAOECQ8FT4DK.

Will post email address in the comments just in case it's needed. Thank you so much!

jenniferw88 irene_gulliver@yahoo.co.uk 6y
aprilpohren Thank you so much for sharing!!!!! 6y
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