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The broken fall [electronic resource] : a Katrina collection / Toni Orrill.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Hamilton Books, c2009.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 56 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780761845416 (electronic bk.)
  • 0761845410 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Broken fall.DDC classification:
  • 242 22
LOC classification:
  • BV4832.3 .O77 2009eb
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Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Ravine; Chapter 02. Harbor; Chapter 03. Indigo; Chapter 04. Lullaby; Chapter 05. Evensong; Chapter 06. Driftwood; Chapter 07. Phoenix; Chapter 08. Nightshade; Chapter 09. Missing in Lafayette; Chapter 10. Jasper at Mount Magazine; Chapter 11. Lucky; Chapter 12. Carousel; Chapter 13. Sunshine; Chapter 14. Tubular in New York; Chapter 15. Christes Maesse; Chapter 16. Darkhouse on the First;
Summary: The Broken Fall chronicles a writer's journey to find faith, hope, and meaning following the country's worst national disaster--Hurricane Katrina. This book is an ode to God, country, and the invincible spirit of man to transform the experience of loss into a rich landscape of beauty. Revealing deep spiritual roots beneath the beloved natural beauty of Louisiana, Orrill uncovers purpose hidden in destruction and restoration on the other side of life's storms. Everyone has a Katrina in his or her life--that existential moment when human frailty is tested against the mighty forces of circumstanc
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 01. Ravine; Chapter 02. Harbor; Chapter 03. Indigo; Chapter 04. Lullaby; Chapter 05. Evensong; Chapter 06. Driftwood; Chapter 07. Phoenix; Chapter 08. Nightshade; Chapter 09. Missing in Lafayette; Chapter 10. Jasper at Mount Magazine; Chapter 11. Lucky; Chapter 12. Carousel; Chapter 13. Sunshine; Chapter 14. Tubular in New York; Chapter 15. Christes Maesse; Chapter 16. Darkhouse on the First;

The Broken Fall chronicles a writer's journey to find faith, hope, and meaning following the country's worst national disaster--Hurricane Katrina. This book is an ode to God, country, and the invincible spirit of man to transform the experience of loss into a rich landscape of beauty. Revealing deep spiritual roots beneath the beloved natural beauty of Louisiana, Orrill uncovers purpose hidden in destruction and restoration on the other side of life's storms. Everyone has a Katrina in his or her life--that existential moment when human frailty is tested against the mighty forces of circumstanc

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