All the Pretty Things: The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home

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“I don’t know how old I was the night the trailer burned down, or if the rumor
was true that Daddy was the one who set it on fire.” For a long time, Edie
thought she had escaped. It started in an Appalachian trailer park, where a
young girl dreamed of becoming a doctor. But every day, Edie woke up to her
reality:a poverty-stricken world full of alcohol and violence, where getting
out seemed impossible. She taught herself to drive a stick shift truck at
twelve years oldso she could get her drunk daddy home from the bar. She spent
Saturdays at Brushy Mountain prison visiting her incarcerated cousin. She
watched adults eat while her stomach gnawed and then there was torching of the
family trailer, where she dug through the ashes to try to salvage her most
prized possession–her Tammy Wynette album. And at the center of it all was
her charismatic daddy. She never knew when he would show up but when he did he
was usually drunk; she learned the hard way that she couldn’t count on him to
protect her. So she told herself it didn’t matter. All she wanted was to make
him proud. Against all odds, Edie “made doctor,” achieving everything that had
once seemed beyond her reach. Only, it was too late, because her Daddy died a
year before she graduated medical school. She split the cost of his funeral
with her sister. When her past finally caught up with her, it was all too much
so she did what her Daddy would have done–she set it all on fire. It would
take her whole life burning down once again for Edie to be finally able to
face the truth about herself, her family, and her relationship with God.
Readers of The Glass Castle will treasure this refreshing and raw redemption
story, a memoir for anyone who has ever hungered for home, forgiveness, and
the safe embrace of a father’s love. Read more

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Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tyndale Momentum (September 20, 2016)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 149640338X
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 84
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #259,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,110 in Religious Leader Biographies #2,619 in Women's Biographies #7,479 in Memoirs (Books)
• #1,110 in Religious Leader Biographies
• #2,619 in Women's Biographies