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Where the light fell : a memoir

Where the light fell : a memoir

Yancey, Philip, author.
Book 2021

"In this searing meditation on the bonds of family and the danger of extremist faith, one of today's most celebrated Christian writers recounts his unexpected journey from a strict fundamentalist upbringing to a life of compassion and grace--a revelatory memoir in the tradition of Educated and Hillbilly Elegy. Raised by an impoverished widow who earned room and board as a Bible teacher in 1950s Atlanta, Philip Yancey and his brother, Marshall, fo...

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Authors, American 20th century Biography
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Christian biography United States
Yancey, Philip
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ISBN:
9780593238509
0593238508
Edition:
First edition
Description:
xii, 302 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
The secret
The gamble
Demise
The vow
Awakenings
Hazards
Church
Learning
Trailer trash
South
Philadelphia
Mother
Zeal
High school
Split
Makeover
Crescendo
College
Misfits
Tremors
Contact
Marshall
The curse
Brothers
Aftermath
LCCN:
2021012926
Control Number:
3095933
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