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Telling Secrets (1991)

by Frederick Buechner

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With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, father, husband, minister, and writer.
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Devoured this book on a flight home. What a powerful example of how sharing our stories brings us deeper healing and closer to the heart God. ( )
  KoestK | Sep 14, 2023 |
quite, quite interesting and very quick to read. I'm going to read all his other stuff now too. ( )
  madrigal32 | Sep 7, 2007 |
A father's suicide and a daughter's anorexia exemplify the sort of secret that radically modifies an individual and, in turn, can be modified by being told. The fiction of noted theologian/novelist Buechner ( A Long Day's Dying, LJ 1/1/50) has been called "psychological." His nonfiction, too (including Whistling in the Dark, LJ 7/88) explores his comprehension of the soul rather than exhorting. This slim memoir does well what Buechner has become noted for doing: showing with subtlety the stark nature of being one thinking being among many. His prescription for the church to look at Alcoholics Anonymous for a modern model is compelling. ( )
  LTW | Sep 3, 2006 |
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With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father's alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, father, husband, minister, and writer.

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