The Priorities of Love

New Zealand’s astounding history and scenery are brought to life in this vibrant telling of one man’s family that reaches back to his forefathers during World War One. Robert Simpson sympathetically melds the stories of this intriguing group of people into one sweeping saga that finds its beginnings and ends over and over to the present day. Love is the overarching theme; love for family love for Christ and love of the deeply romantic everlasting kind between a man and a woman.. We follow the life of Adam Fraser from babyhood to old age and the main events of the characters who people his life. Adam the central figure becomes a seller of religious books and a lawyer. On a mission into the hinterland of Papua New Guinea his heart is captured by Polly a petite English nurse and midwife and their true adventures in life begin.. The author Robert Simpson was a Presbyterian parish minister in Christchurch New Zealand and has a background in and love of good literature including managing a Christian bookshop in Port Moresby. After a bout of clinical depression electro-convulsive therapy and following a severe stroke he was forced to retire but has been writing devotional books and Christian novels ever since.