OUT OF MY HEART

by Agnes Sligh Turnbull ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 23, 1958

This is a book that may well appeal to those who need help in time of deep trouble and who find Catherine Marshall's To Live Alone tinged with materialism and sentimentality. Out Of My Heart is more than a spiritual autobiography -- and less. Less because, while very personal, there is no charting of the steps by which Mrs. Turnbull achieved her goal of control and serenity and inner strength, but rather an analysis of the trial and error- the hurdles overcome -- the compromises accepted, not the specific instances in the chronology. More because the application of what she has suffered and learned is one each reader can find to adapt to his need, at whatever level of suffering and despair that need is recognized. There will be some who feel that she has drawn on inner powers rather than outer ones; that she has perhaps created her own image of God. To this reader, therein lies the greatest strength of the book. It is a down-to-earth book, too, in the merging of the practical aspects of everyday life and human relations- family and friends and situations- with the reaching for spiritual values. Here is a self-help book on a high level of conception and realization.

Pub Date: Oct. 23, 1958

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Page Count: -

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1958

Categories: NONFICTION