With years and, in the case of the memoir, pages that translate into years, the narrative matures. There is a profound innocence in the early chapters of storytelling that genuinely does sound like a child’s narration. Olsen does an excellent job of giving her husband a voice in The Hope for Friendless Children. Rob, his brothers, and two sisters, who are ultimately removed from his life for decades, are left picking up the pieces with varying degrees of success.Ĭ.L. Rob is one of several children from a father who left his wife and kids to fend for themselves and a mother who cannot find enough solid footing to raise any of them. Olsen writes in the first person, but the narrative is actually that of her husband, Rob, a little boy who is introduced alongside his earliest memory, setting the tone for a childhood of near-perpetual trauma. Olsen is a non-fiction memoir detailing a life of survival that transcends into one of true living. The Home for Friendless Children: Finding Hope, Joy, and a Place in the World by C.L. Reviewed by Asher Syed for Readers' Favorite To this end, he states naturally, "This is Africa!" Thank you, Terry, for taking us along! Very highly recommended. In the small details, Lister shines, like the recounting of a journey from Monrovia to Zwedru that was supposed to take eight hours but eclipses 25. This is an immersive experiment that is relayed to readers who, like Lister, want to dig below any and all superficial surfaces. This is a man on a journey that transcends travel for the sake of travel. Sure, there are fancier travel books out there, but what sets Lister apart is the authenticity of his text. Some of the photographs are blurry and faded and, frankly, really add to the charm of an already enjoyable experience. A New Day Dawns is written simply and conversationally, in a way that connects his work to his organic experiences. He's well-traveled, articulate, and makes you feel like you've known him for years a few pages in after cracking open his book. Terry Lister is the guy that everybody wants to be friends with. These range in tone and tenor from the small, such as a three-hour wait for a mediocre dinner in Sierra Leone, to a slave castle and the infamous Door of No Return in Ghana.
Lister provides historical and cultural backstory to each place he visits and commingles the narrative with photographs and his own personal journey. The book begins with an introduction to Terry for those of us who are just meeting him for the first time, followed by eight chapters of travel content that covers his time in the coastal countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, and Ghana.
Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' FavoriteĪ New Day Dawns by Terry Lister is a non-fiction travelogue that follows its author as he explores countries in West Africa, making this the second volume in his Travels With Terry series.
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