Fields of Grace: Faith, Friendship, and the Day I Nearly Lost Everything - Softcover

Luce, Hannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476729611 ISBN 13: 9781476729619

Publisher: Atria, 2014

Synopsis

In this remarkable tale of hope and survival, Hannah Luce tells how, as the sole survivor of a terrible plane crash, she came to grips with her faith: "a calamitous, fascinating memoir, written with surprising spiritual sophistication" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

On May 11, 2012, a small plane carrying five young adults, en route to a Christian youth rally, crashed in a Kansas field, skidding 200 yards before hitting a tree and bursting into flames. Only two survived the crash: ex-marine Austin Anderson, who would die the next morning from extensive burns, and his friend Hannah Luce, the daughter of Teen Mania founder and influential youth minister Ron Luce.

This is Hannah's story.

In Fields of Grace, Hannah details the investigation of her faith, her coming-of-age as the dutiful daughter of Evangelical royalty, her decision to join her father's ministry outreach to teens, and her miraculous survival and recovery following the accident. It also serves as a tribute and testament to the lives of the dear friends who perished in the catastrophic plane crash and reveals how their memory continues to inspire all that she does.

Here is the "riveting personal account" (Booklist) of a girl who grew up as the daughter of one of the most influential evangelical leaders of our time, who questioned her early religious convictions somewhere along the way and who, from the embers of that doomed plane ride, finally found her faith.

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Review:

A soulful reflection addressing the hard questions about life--questions that often go unanswered because there really are no answers. I am astounded by Hannah's will to live her transparency about her continuing life journey displays courage of another kind, inspiring and giving others the strength to question, listen, and endure. --Jessica Buchanan, author of Impossible Odds

About the Author:

Hannah Luce is the daughter of Teen Mania Ministries cofounder and preacher Ron Luce. She is the founder of Mirror Tree, a nonprofit devoted to re-integrating refugees from the horrors of rape, genocide, civil wars, and other means of trauma by funding educational research to improve their lives. She lives in Chicago.

Robin Gaby Fisher is the author of the New York Times bestseller After the Fire. She is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing and a member of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team. She teaches narrative journalism at Rutgers University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1476729611
• ISBN 13: 9781476729619
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320