In 5th century pagan-dominated Ireland Brigid is born a slave to her own father and is separated from her mother. Desperately seeking love and acceptance, Brigid becomes a believer in Christ. The Irish people cling to superstitions and fears. Can she overcome them and her own hatred for her father when her mother is cut off from her a second time, and an evil sorcerer schemes to destroy her faith? Brigid must choose between freeing the mother she has longed for and spreading God's message of salvation across Ireland.
As a historical novel this was good for bringing in the terms and talk of the Irish, but as a novel it was not quite my cup of tea. Somewhere toward the last third of the book several years were jumped and there was no clue to the time passing that rapidly before. It was rather choppy to me. One day she was a young girl doing what she felt the Lord wished and missing her mother... while the next she was a selfish woman who didn't understand what she wanted. Things just did not really seem to flow and make sense to me. I do not however regret reading it, I do feel that it was enjoyable, minus the choppiness. The ending however abrupt was really good and appropriate.
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