03987cam a2200781 4500 525213044 TxAuBib 20211105120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780385534062 038553406X B004C43GBU Amazon 45b1ddf1-018d-40eb-a03e-36da3b486915 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 153828 153828 153828 480339 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Richard, Mark. House of Prayer No. 2 [Libby] : A Writer's Journey Home. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011. Biography. prayer. autobiographies. happiness. Autobiography. Memoirs. self help. americana. Travel. biographies. activist. self help books. History. memoir. Social Justice. motivation. Bucket list. inspirational books. travel books. biographies and memoirs. motivational books. spiritual books. travel book. religious books. inspirational books for women. self help books for women. self improvement books. inspirational gifts. biographies of famous people. inspirational books for men. travel gifts. self development books. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2313kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Religion & Spirituality. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>In this otherworldly memoir of extraordinary power, Mark Richard, an award-winning author, tells his story of growing up in the American South with a heady Gothic mix of racial tension and religious fervor.</b><br /> <b>&#160;</b><br /> &#160;&#160;&#160;Called a “special child,” Southern social code for mentally—and physically—challenged children, Richard was crippled by deformed hips and was told he would spend his adult life in a wheelchair. During his early years in charity hospitals, Richard observed the drama of other broken boys’ lives, children from impoverished Appalachia, tobacco country lowlands, and Richmond’s poorest neighborhoods. The son of a solitary alcoholic father whose hair-trigger temper terrorized his family, and of&#160;a mother who sought inner peace through fasting, prayer, and scripture, Richard spent his bedridden childhood&#160;withdrawn into&#160;the company of books.&#160;&#160;&#160;<br /> <br /> &#160;&#160;&#160;As a young... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/45B/1DD/F1/HouseofPrayerNo02AWritersJourneyHome9780385534062.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=45B1DDF1-018D-40EB-A03E-36DA3B486915&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/45B/1DD/F1/HouseofPrayerNo02AWritersJourneyHome9780385534062.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=45B1DDF1-018D-40EB-A03E-36DA3B486915&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/45B/1DD/F1/HouseofPrayerNo02AWritersJourneyHome9780385534062.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=45B1DDF1-018D-40EB-A03E-36DA3B486915&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)