Debra Dochuk

Spirits Eat Ripe Papaya

Fiction

“[Svelmoe's] story is poignant, compelling, and timely. Ostensibly, it tells the quirky tale of a young missionary stationed on a jungle compound in the Philippines; but really, it is an incisive (and at times indicting) commentary on the life-giving freedoms and spirit-draining foibles of the evangelical subculture, written by an insider who has experienced both extremes.”