Bird, Horse, and Muffin - Hill, Susan D.
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What if God was closer than your skin? Ten-year-old Iris Somerset encounters a living God when her mother dies unexpectedly. She and her two brothers face a troubling future. Their father's instability undermines the family, yet God is there. Her budding faith carries her through frightful uncertainty, until a reckless choice one fine summer day changes everything. As her world unravels, Iris and her older brother travel to post-Amin Uganda with their uncle who runs an orphanage. In a land of despondency, Iris' heart begins to mend as she confronts her worst fears and experiences the wonder of…mehr

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What if God was closer than your skin? Ten-year-old Iris Somerset encounters a living God when her mother dies unexpectedly. She and her two brothers face a troubling future. Their father's instability undermines the family, yet God is there. Her budding faith carries her through frightful uncertainty, until a reckless choice one fine summer day changes everything. As her world unravels, Iris and her older brother travel to post-Amin Uganda with their uncle who runs an orphanage. In a land of despondency, Iris' heart begins to mend as she confronts her worst fears and experiences the wonder of God through the eyes of war orphans. A Genesis Contest Finalist - recognized as one of the top three novels in Women's Fiction by American Christian Fiction Writers, 2012.
Autorenporträt
Susan D. Hill graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and worked in human resource management for ten years. She served as a leader with Bible Study Fellowship and Young Life, and currently works with Uganda Orphans Fund, a non-profit NGO founded by her husband, Duncan Hill. Since 2002, UOF has built over thirty orphanages or schools for AIDS and war orphans, and other vulnerable children in Uganda. Hill started writing for publication in 2003 through magazine articles with Light & Life, War Cry, AWE, Christian Educators Journal and World magazine. WaterBrook Press/Random House released her spiritual memoir in February 2008: Closer Than Your Skin: Unwrapping the Mystery of Intimacy with God.