She has no relatives to care for her and plans to go to the mission headquarters but her plans are thwarted when a wealthy neighboring English family, whose daughter has died of the flu and resembles Rachel, force her to impersonate their daughter and travel to England to win her "Grandfather's" heart and persuade him to leave his money and estate to them. Her parents are overwhelmed with patients but the flu epidemic soon claims them as well, leaving her an orphan. In 1919 everything changes when the influenza epidemic hits her village. She harbors no prejudice nor ill will to the African people.
Rachel Sheridan, the only daughter of missionary parents who run an area hospital, has lived in East Africa all her life. Publishing Information : Harper & Collins: New York, 2005
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