The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life - Tapa dura

Dreher, Rod

 
9781455545346: The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
Tapa dura
ISBN 10: 1455545341 ISBN 13: 9781455545346
Editorial: Grand Central Publishing, 2013

Sinopsis

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, concealed within the modest life of a mother and teacher. In order to explore this revelation, Dreher and his wife decided to leave Philadelphia, move home to help with family responsibilities and have their three children grow up amidst the rituals that had defined his family for five generations-Mardi Gras, L.S.U. football games, and deer hunting. 

As David Brooks poignantly described Dreher's journey homeward in a recent New York Times column, Dreher and his wife Julie "decided to accept the limitations of small-town life in exchange for the privilege of being part of a community."

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Rod Dreher has been an editorial writer and columnist for the Dallas Morning News, a film critic for the New York Post, and currently writes for the American Conservative. He currently lives in St. Francisville, Louisiana with his wife Julie and his three children.

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming is his second book; his first was

Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, Gun-Loving Organic Gardeners, Evangelical Free-Range Farmers, Hip Homeschooling Mamas, Right-Wing Nature Lovers, and Their Diverse Tribe of Countercultural Conservatives Plan to Save America (or At Least the Republican Party).

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Grand Central Publishing
Año de publicación
2013
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1455545341
ISBN 13 
9781455545346
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
416
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9781455521890: The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life

Edición Destacada

ISBN 10:  1455521892 ISBN 13:  9781455521890
Editorial: Grand Central Publishing, 2014
Tapa blanda