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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Formats
Description
A quintessential American heroine, Eliza Birdwell is a wonderful blend of would-be austerity, practicality, and gentle humor when it comes to keeping her faith and caring for her family and community. Her husband, Jess, shares Eliza's love of people and peaceful ways but, unlike Eliza, also displays a fondness for a fast horse and a lively tune. With their children, they must negotiate their way through a world that constantly confronts them-sometimes...
Author
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
Written in the form of a confessional memoir by Orpha Chase, a popular author of inspirational family fiction, it exposes her real past, a life that involves murder, suicide, illegitimacy, adultery, homosexuality, faith healing, and an intricate deception that leads to a strange trial for manslaughter. It is also an impassioned revelation of the joys and hazards of the joys and hazards of love, physical and spiritual.
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