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Little Way of Ruthie Leming A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life

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ISBN-10: 1455521914

ISBN-13: 9781455521913

Edition: 2013

Authors: Rod Dreher

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THE LITTLE WAY OF RUTHIE LEMING follows Rod Dreher, a Philadelphia journalist, back to his hometown of St. Francisville, Louisiana (pop. 1,700) in the wake of his younger sister Ruthie's death. When she was diagnosed at age 40 with a virulent form of cancer in 2010, Dreher was moved by the way the community he had left behind rallied around his dying sister, a schoolteacher. He was also struck by the grace and courage with which his sister dealt with the disease that eventually took her life. In Louisiana for Ruthie's funeral in the fall of 2011, Dreher began to wonder whether the ordinary life Ruthie led in their country town was in fact a path of hidden grandeur, even spiritual greatness,…    
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Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 4/9/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Country Mouse, City Mouse
"Forever and a Day"
A Family of Her Own
Sweet Babies
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
The Peppers
The Bright Sadness
Standing in the Spirit of God
Expecting a Miracle
"I'm Scared"
"The Choir Invisible"
Lean on Me
The Narrow Path
One's Destination Is Never a Place
Acknowledgments