Song by the river / by Edna Gerstner.

"In Surrak Annund, and with ... three Europeans, our story begins and ends. They are Robert Townsend, his wife Marjorie, and Charis Brown--Miss Charis Brown. The author's skill weaves a beautiful story around the lives of these three people, isolated in the jungle mission and sharply characterized against the pagan setting of Indian native life. ... Tense conflict develops between doctor and nurse, the nurse not wanting to show her love for him, and the doctor fighting her appeal. The doctor's wife is a selfish girl who slowly but surely becomes a woman. In the struggle for faith, in the dark realism, in the entangling problems, each finally realizes the contentment found in the Great Healer, the One for whom they labor as they work with the natives of the village."--from front dust jacket flap.