Returning: A Spiritual JourneyBeacon Press, 1997 M04 30 - 272 pages Dan Wakefield was a successful writer of novels, nonfiction, and screenplays when he awoke to a private life that was disintegrating in alcohol, depression, and isolation. He fled Hollywood for Boston where he reclaimed a faith he had thought he was too sophisticated to embrace. In this moving memoir, Wakefield returns to his religious roots and his early life: his Indiana boyhood, his tumultuous student days, and his growth as a writer. |
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The Gift of Pain: Why We Hurt & what We Can Do about it Philip Yancey,Paul W. Brand No preview available - 1997 |