Telling Secrets: A Memoir - Hardcover

Buechner, Frederick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060611812 ISBN 13: 9780060611811

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991

Synopsis

Frederick Buechner's autobiography is about the destructive power of a childhood secret and how the telling of that secret has brought him healing, hope and a graceful experience of love. The secret of his father's suicide left an indelible mark, not only on Buechner's own life as a child and adult, but also on the lives of his mother, and much later, his daughter. He tells the story of his mother in her later years, a charming and beautiful woman who withdrew from the world as she aged. Buechner also writes of his daughter's anorexia and recovery, and of his own experience as part of a recovering group of adults who were children of alcoholics. The author's other books include "Wishful Thinking", "The Sacred Journey", "Now and Then" and "Godric".

About this title

Review:

"Very gentle, smart, and unpreachy...A sensible and heartfelt message of inspiration."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Buechner's chronicling once again tells us something about what it means to be human."--Christianity Today

"Unabashedly Christian...a meditation on the connection between knowing and sharing secrets and discovering the reality of a loving and merciful God."--Chicago Tribune

"Extraordinarily personal...intimate, dignified, and wryly humorous."--USA Today

About the Author:

Frederick Buechner, author of more than thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, is an ordained Presbyterian minister. He has been a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and was honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent work is Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060611812
• ISBN 13: 9780060611811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128