The Healing Years (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781684700363)

The story of a woman in rural North Carolina who grows up in hard times, endures many sorrows, but persists to become a respected healer in her community. A woman of great wisdom and strength, who through her healing years she helps many people, and eventually discovers how to heal her own heart. REVIEW: "It immediately draws from me the adjective 'genuine.' Ruby is a wonderful creation, maybe a mosaic of more than one woman. She has 'the gift' all right - not only for healing with roots and herbs and wise counsel - but also for patience and for love and steady affection. Such upright characters are hard to draw convincingly; they go against the grain of our skepticism. But when you get them right, they are strong. What you have here is strong, a memoir-chronicle about a kind of community and a way of life not so well known anymore. The 'retreat' to yard and garden at the end is a kind of saintly benediction." Fred Chappell, poet, novelist, teacher; Poet Laureate of N.C. (1997-2002)

Author: Stan Knick
ISBN-10: 1684700361
ISBN-13: 9781684700363
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2019
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d