Elizabeth Jenkins, 17, raised on a Congo mission station, is under intense pressure to marry the station doctor, twenty years her senior. Hours before the wedding, Elizabeth flees. She runs toward the wider world beyond the station. She reaches Nairobi, a place of danger for a single woman without a protecting clan. Can she survive? The Girl Ran Away chronicles the journey of Liz across two continents, in and out of the arms of three lovers, to find a life she can call her own.
Elizabeth Jenkins, 17, raised on a Congo mission station, is under intense pressure to marry the station doctor, twenty years her senior. Hours before the wedding, Elizabeth flees. She runs toward the wider world beyond the station. She reaches Nairobi, a place of danger for a single woman without a protecting clan. Can she survive? The Girl Ran Away chronicles the journey of Liz across two continents, in and out of the arms of three lovers, to find a life she can call her own.
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