Gifts of Passage: What the Dying Tell Us with the Gifts They Leave Behind

Name: Gifts of Passage: What the Dying Tell Us with the Gifts They Leave Behind
Brand: Thomas Nelson
SKU: 929557
Price: 11.87 USD
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Author: Amy Hollingsworth
ISBN: 9780849929557

By: Amy Hollingsworth

Thomas Nelson / 2009 / Paperback

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Not all gifts are tangible.

After suffering the loss of her father while writing her bestselling debut book, Amy Hollingsworth began to search for the meaning behind his dying moments. What she found was a simple truth at the heart of overcoming the deepest grief: the dying leave gifts. With deeply moving stories of how others discovered the gifts their loved ones left behind, this book will gently encourage you to anticipate and uncover your own.

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Title: Gifts of Passage: What the Dying Tell Us with the Gifts They Leave Behind
By: Amy Hollingsworth
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Thomas Nelson
Publication Date: 2009

Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0849929555
ISBN-13: 9780849929557
Stock No: WW929557

Publisher's Description

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Not all gifts are tangible.

After suffering the loss of her father while writing her bestselling debut book, Amy Hollingsworth began to search for the meaning behind his dying moments. What she found was a simple truth at the heart of overcoming the deepest grief: the dying leave gifts. With deeply moving stories of how others discovered the gifts their loved ones left behind, this book will gently encourage you to anticipate and uncover your own.

Weaving together the warm intimacy of Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie and the straightforward honesty of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, Amy Hollingsworth adds her hopeful voice to the literature of life and the life beyond. The result is a collection of stories that gives the reader myriad ways to identify their own pain and healing and is an intriguing journey for any and all readers fascinated by this brief overlap of heaven and earth.

From the bestselling author of The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers.

Author Bio

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Amy Hollingsworth is the author of the best-selling The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers and Gifts of Passage. Before writing books, Amy wrote for various magazines and was a television writer for eight years for CBN. In 2010, she was named one of USA Today’s Top 100 People for her influence on pop culture and was featured in the documentary by MTV’s Benjamin Wagner titled Mister Rogers & Me. Her television appearances include WGN’s Morning News, PBS’s A Word on Words, and Fox’s Morning News. A former psychology professor, Amy lives in Virginia with her husband and children.