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Scovel – Richer by India

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Scovel

Author         Scovel, Myra.
Title         Richer by India. Drawings by Joseph Papin.
Publisher     New York, Harper & Row [1964]
Edition     [1st ed.]
Descrip.     151 p. illus., maps. 21 cm.
Notes         Autobiographical.
Summary     Warm personal story of an American missionary family in India
Subject     Missions — India.

 

 

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Heady – My jewels are broken glass

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Heady

2002

Personal Author:
Heady, Ella M.
Title:
My jewels are broken glass : a true story of childhood sexual abuse / Ella M. Heady.
Publication info:
Baden, Pa. : Rainbow’s End, 1996.
Physical description:
337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Personal subject:
Heady, Ella M.
Subject term:
Adult child sexual abuse victims–Biography.
Subject term:
Adult child abuse victims–Biography.
Subject term:
Child sexual abuse.
ISBN: 0972015701

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Kent – Mrs. Appleyard and I

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Appleyard

Personal Author:
Kent, Louise Andrews, 1886-1969.
Title:
Mrs. Appleyard and I.
Publication info:
Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
Physical description:
xii, 414 p. illus. (on lining papers) 22 cm.
Summary: As Mrs. Appleyard, Louise Andrews Kent wrote chatty cookbooks, columns for the Boston Traveler, magazine articles, and children’s books.  This is her memoir.
Personal subject: Appleyard, Susan Markham
Personal subject:Kent, Louise Andrews

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Lewis – All my road before me

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Lewis

1991

Personal Autho:r

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

Title:

All My Road Before Me : the diary of  C.S. Lewis, 1922-1927

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Author

Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.

Publisher:

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,; c1991

Physical Description:

ix. 508 p.: illus.; pics

Summary:

The life of the young Lewis was filled with contemplations quite different from those of the mature author. This early diary gives readers a window on the world of his formative years.

Subject term:

Authors, English–20th century

Subject term:

Diaries

ISBN:

0151046093

 

 

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Wangerin – Miz Lil & the chronicles of grace

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Wangerin

1988

Personal Author:
Wangerin, Walter.
Title:
Miz Lil & the chronicles of grace / Walter Wangerin, Jr.
Variant title:
Miz Lil and the chronicles of grace
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication info:
San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1988.
Physical description:
192 p.
Summary:
Former Lutheran pastor Wangerin relates 12 autobiographical tales from childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, and his years as and inner city pastor. These beautifully interwoven story-memoirs offer both challenge and comfort, are so beautifully told it will be difficult to read just one. Uplifting chronicles of grace, faith, and hope.
ISBN:
0060692677 : 14.95

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