Ruth, a Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham - Hardcover

Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385488793 ISBN 13: 9780385488792

Publisher: Doubleday, 1997

Synopsis

A portrait of the wife of the internationally renowned evangelist, Billy Graham, by her long-standing friend, the best-selling author of All That Remains, recounts Ruth Graham's impoverished childhood in China, her religious development, and her influence on her famous husband. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.

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About the Author:

Patricia Cornwell is considered one of the world's bestselling crime writers. Her intrepid medical examiner Kay Scarpetta first appeared on the scene in 1990 withPostmortem--the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d'Aventure in a single year--and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain's prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author. Ms. Cornwell's work is translated into thirty-six languages across more than fifty countries, and she is regarded as one of the major international bestselling authors.

From the Inside Flap:

ing and succinct prose, this portrait of Ruth Bell Graham, the world-famous evangelist Billy Graham's 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 evangelist's 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 Graham's beliefs, his background, the evangelist's 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 accoun

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0385488793
• ISBN 13: 9780385488792
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1