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Heaven Lake (novel)
''Heaven Lake'' is the debut novel of American author John Dalton published in 2004. It won both the 2005 Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters〔http://www.artsandletters.org/awards2_popup.php?abbrev=Kaufman〕 and the 2004 Barnes & Noble Discover Award in Fiction.〔http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/press_releases/2011_march_2_discover_awards.html〕 It gets its name from the Heaven Lake of Tian Shan in northwest China which features towards the end of the novel.
==Plot introduction==
The story begins in Douliou City, Taiwan where Christian volunteer Vincent Saunders from Red Bud, Illinois and newly graduated from college, fluent in Mandarin arrives to teach English and use this as a bridge to share his faith. Soon after opening a ministry school he meets wealthy businessman Mr. Gwa who explains that he has fallen in love with a girl in mainland China but is unable to marry her due to the political situation between Taiwan and China. He offers Vincent $10000 to travel to Urumchi in the far northwest of China near the eponymous Heaven Lake and marry the girl, bringing her back to Taiwan where she would be free to marry Mr. Gwa. Vincent refuses but later a relationship develops with one of his young students causing him to abandon his faith and reconsider the offer...
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