 McCune is depicted as a woman willing to bravely confront military warlords for help allowing Sudanese children to be schooled in their villages but later, after marrying that same warlord, is able to deny to herself the corruption and horrific violence resulting from her husband's civil war struggle.The book had been optioned for a film to be directed by Tony Scott, but the family objected to a film based on the book, delaying its production.The film was still in development at the time of Scott's death in 2012; its fate remains unclear.