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Loading... Telling Secrets (1991)by Frederick Buechner
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 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. ( ) 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. no reviews | add a review
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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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)285.1092Religions Christian denominations Presbyterian; Reformed; Congregational Presbyterian church in America History And BiographyLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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