In this brief work, she traces her own memories of growing up as a child of missionary parents to China during the Second World War. In so doing, Cook writes appreciatively and respectfully about the sacrifices of her parents and other missionaries for the cause of Christ, but she also offers an honest critique of some of the negative consequences this meant for her family and others. Cook makes this plain from the outset noting in the Preface that “sometimes their zeal was misguided” (p. ix).