![]() Secondary characters are similarly well-crafted, refusing to fit into stereotypes. As revealed in her first-person narration, Elly is passionate, smart-mouthed, rebellious and completely endearing. Her biggest problem is that she has no idea what to do once the baby arrives. If she can survive working for her MIL (mother-in-law), keep her husband sober and figure out how to make a difference with the young campers she leads, she might make it to her due date. Soon Elly is not only seven months pregnant, but a newlywed. Unfortunately her only other options are living with her self-righteous sister in California or getting married to Lam, the baby’s father. Add a well-meaning but hopeless boyfriend, angry parents and a summer holed away in the backwoods of Maine playing camp counselor to a bunch of overweight kids, and having a baby becomes only one of her problems.ĭetermined to decide her own future, Elly refuses to return to Kenya with her missionary parents. ![]()
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