Description: Amity by J. Brent Bill Whimsy, mystery, spirituality and the holy ordinariness of daily life mingle together in this delightful collection of short stories. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Amity: Stories from the Heartland is a collection of short stories by well-known Quaker writer Brent Bill. Each story is set in the Midwest of the United States, a region known for its honest, hardworking, plain-speaking, religious people who are as complex and thoughtful as the most urbane city dwellers. These stories are about 1930s housewives, modern day priests, 1960s kids, and more -- as well as the varieties and vagaries of their lives trials, triumphs, failings, joys, sorrows, and surviving -- and the beauty and mystery of it all. Author Biography John Brent Bill is Quaker minister, author, retreat leader, conservationist, and photographer. He has written many books, articles, and fiction pieces and teaches writing at the graduate school level and in adult continuing education courses. He has also served as a writing coach to a number of published writers. He lives in Mooresville, Indiana. Review Brent Bills Stories From the Heartland are old-fashioned tales of small town life in the twentieth century, warm and good-hearted and sometimes LOL funny. A good choice for fans of Jan Karons Mitford novels.--Peggy Payne, NY Times Notable novelist, author of Revelation and othersIt was Joan Didion who said, We tell ourselves stories in order to live. In this visit to Amity, Brent Bill reminds us how, and why, to live. Poignant, humorous, winsome, and wise, this is Bill doing what he does best-going before us, shining the Light.--Philip Gulley, author of If Grace Is True, If God Is Love and If the Church Were Christian, author of the Harmony seriesThe people and places in these stories resonated with me in much the same way my own family stories resonate. It is as if Brent Bill has peered into our collective past and told the stories of our ancestors, people who are ours but who we have not yet met. And he imparts the stories with such grace and kindness, conveying that, Here we are. This is what we are made of. And it is good. Ive not read stories like this since reading Wendell Berry.--Shawn Smucker, author of Light From Distant Stars Details ISBN1803413662 Author J. Brent Bill Pages 112 Year 2023 ISBN-10 1803413662 ISBN-13 9781803413662 Publication Date 2023-11-24 UK Release Date 2023-11-24 Format Paperback Imprint John Hunt Publishing Place of Publication New Alresford Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-11-24 NZ Release Date 2023-11-24 Subtitle Stories from the Heartland Audience General DEWEY 813.6 Publisher Collective Ink We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161859932;
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