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ISBN: 9781846942358
Authors:
Ruth Jolly
Publisher: Circle Books
Date of Publication: 2009-11-16
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.5
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Ruth Jolly, for whom 'spiritual conviction co-exists with intellectual ambivalence,' had in middle age almost stopped wrestling with questions of faith when ... On a bitter February day, Charlie, her student son, crashed in a light aircraft. Witnesses who saw the plane hit the ground expected to recover only bodies, but against all the odds, Charlie lived.
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