Book Review: That Way and No Other

That Way and No Other

Following God through Storm and Drought

by Amy Carmichael

Plough Publishing

Plough Publishing House

Christian. , Religion & Spirituality

Pub Date 03 Mar 2020

I am reviewing a copy of That Way and No Other: Following God through Storm and Drought through Plough Publishing and Netgalley:

Amy Carmichael was born on December.16, 1867 in Ireland. She was the first child of Catherine and David Carmichael. Her family owned the mills in the Coastal Village of Millisle.

In 1859 a Christian revival took place in the area affecting David and Catherine, and later there children as well. From a young age Amy remembered that after the nursery lights were turned low, and she was alone she’d smooth a spot on her sheets and say “Father, please come and sit with me.” At bedtime she would absorb the songs and stories sung to her, and read to her.

Like her Mother, Amy had a love for all living things. One of her first memories of feeling fury was when she had was when she saw a child torment a frog.

At the age of twelve Amy was sent to a boarding school, but soon financial difficulties hit the family, and Amy was sent back home from school. On…