In 1945, tuberculosis was known as 'the white plague" and was one of the world's leading causes of death. Victims were confined to sanatoriums under the control of state laws, and they were not allowed to leave.
After she is diagnosed with tuberculosis, fourteen-year-old Betsy is taken from her home and forced to undergo treatment. For four years she remains in the hospital under punitive rules 'more like a prison than most prisons." At the age of eighteen, faced with disfiguring surgery called thorcoplasty that will leave her with a caved-in chest, Betsy manages to escape from the...
In 1945, tuberculosis was known as 'the white plague" and was one of the world's leading causes of death. Victims were confined to sanatoriums under t...
This is a story about a journey from death to life, Sarah Taggart's battle with illness and midlife crisis, and her personal conversion from secular materialism to a life of Christian faith. Chapters called: Weeding the Garden, Encountering the Holy Spirit, Paved with Good Intentions, and A Sacred Heart describe significant influences that led to the author's passionate love for the church. She is convinced that spirituality and the church go together and that one has no true meaning without the other.
This is a story about a journey from death to life, Sarah Taggart's battle with illness and midlife crisis, and her personal conversion from secular m...
When, as a consequence of an automobile accident, sisters Patsy and Kate discover remarkable wall paintings of roses in a ramshackle old house, they are tormented by the realization that the paintings will be lost if the house is destroyed. Their obsession with saving the house, and therefore the paintings, results in possible danger as new friends lead them into the surprising world of international art. Their horizons expand as the mystery surrounding the paintings gradually unfolds, and their personal worlds are thereby enlarged and enriched in unexpected ways.
When, as a consequence of an automobile accident, sisters Patsy and Kate discover remarkable wall paintings of roses in a ramshackle old house, they a...