Miz Lil and the Chronicles of Grace [Paperback]

Walter Wangerin Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 27, 2004

First-rate storytelling and spiritual reflections in this updated edition of a Christian classic These beautifully told stories, culled from the author's childhood, evoke the experience of growing up in America and living out a spiritual quest.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This collection of 12 independent, autobiographical tales takes the shape of a spiritual quest, "the experience of seeking meaning in everyday events." Wangerin, formerly a Lutheran pastor, and author of the award-winning The Book of the Dun Cow , presents a mosaic of growing up American, the first child of a peripatetic cleric, and the subsequent turning points of his development through adolescence and young adulthood are marked in vignettes of significant encounters. Alternating between child and adult, these simply told stories are memorials to grace-filled events. Particularly so is the title story, widely excerpted, a moving account of Wangerin's beginning as a pastor of a small, black congregation in Evansville, Ind., where, from a remarkable old woman the young pastor receives "the holy benevolence of her words," as Miz Lil deals with her own grief. Warm with self-effacing humor and human understanding, these are stories in the vein of Ragman and the Other Cries of Faith.
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First-rate storytelling and spiritual reflections in this updated edition of a Christian classic

These beautifully told stories, culled from the author’s childhood, evoke the experience of growing up in America and living out a spiritual quest.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (January 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310241693
• ISBN-13: 978-0310241690
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,056,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Walter Wangerin Jr. is widely recognized as one of the most gifted writers writing today on the issues of faith and spirituality. Starting with the renowned Book of the Dun Cow, Wangerin's writing career has encompassed most every genre: fiction, essay, short story, children's story, meditation, and biblical exposition. His writing voice is immediately recognizable, and his fans number in the millions. The author of over forty books, Wangerin has won the National Book Award, New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year Award, and several Gold Medallions, including best-fiction awards for both The Book of God and Paul: A Novel. He lives in Valparaiso, Indiana, where he is Senior Research Professor at Valparaiso University.