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An Uncommon Friend: The Authorized Biography of Ruth Bell Graham
An Uncommon Friend The Authorized Biography of Ruth Bell Graham Author:Patricia Cornwell A deeply personal story told as only a devoted personal friend could do. — In 1963, at the age of seven, today's superstar mystery writer, Patricia Cornwell, moved from Miami to Montreat and soon met Ruth Bell Graham. A close friendship began which still continues. — By 1983, aspiring young author Patricia had the privilege of writing Ruth'... more »;s authorized biography, with incredibly detailed and honest help from Ruth -- now updated to help those who have never met this amazing woman and her famous husband.
Here is the inside, deeply personal story of Ruth's spirited childhood in China, the turbulent yet tender personal account of her courtship with Bill Graham, raising children, becoming a friend to the world, and yet remaining unawed by fame.
What emerges is a loving portrait of a remarkable woman, deep in faith, warm, humorous, intelligent, and honest. By the time the last page is turned, Ruth Bell Graham has become the reader's uncommon friend, known and trusted as Patricia Cornwell has for thirty-three years.
Told in flowing and succinct prose, this portrait of Ruth Bell Graham, the world-famous evangelist Billy Grahams wife gives the reader a first-hand glimpse into some of the great events of the second half of this century. It follows Ruth Bell Graham first as a missionary child from war-ravaged pre-Revolution China and Korea, to peaceful Wheaton, Illinois, and then as a famous evangelists wife, to the Deep South, Post-War Europe, and the events in America since the 1950s. Far from showing us "The Revival Widow," Patricia Cornwell depicts Ruth Bell as a woman of extraordinary strength, will, and faith, who has influenced the face of modern Christianity. Inseparable from her husband, we learn much about Billy Grahams beliefs, his background, the evangelists private life, and witness his rapid climb to world prominence, and Ruth's invaluable contributions, support, and sacrifices to her family, and his.Patricia Cornwell, with this impressive account, has written a magnificent biography of a great American lady.« less