This book is about a little Japanese girl who got separated from her parents in the Philippines during World War II. She grew up in the Philippines not knowing her own name. A kind missionary named her Diamond and taught her to write her name. (Tap to see the rest)

This story reads like the most exciting fiction except it actually happened. I won’t spoil any of the amazing story by telling it here but, for those who know the Yost family, they were actually at the same church and school in Okinawa with Diamond and several of her children and grandchildren.

What is beautiful is that Diamond lived so many years in the Philippines, then in Okinawa, so the story covers life in a village on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines and also in a city in Okinawa, Japan. For those of us who have not traveled in Asia, the book gives us a window into a couple of places there. For those who have lived and/or traveled in Asia, it will probably bring a smile of recognition.

Excellent story of God’s sovereignty, written in English by one of Diamond’s daughters.