Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace

In this joint memoir, an evangelical Christian mother and her Muslim daughter try to come to terms with the daughter’s conversion to Islam over a decade ago. Althens, who reads the mother’s perspective, has a soft and careful voice that feels at times too reticent for the assertive statements she makes about absolute truth. Chitescu-Weik’s performance is interesting and animated, but her girlish voice sounds like she is playing a teenager rather than a teacher in her early 30s. At times, her voice also fades off at the end of her sentences, making her difficult to understand. Both women make occasional pronunciation errors with Islam (pronouncing Eid as “Ide” instead of “Eed,” for example). [em]A Thomas Nelson/W hardcover. (Apr.) [/em]