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The Shoebox Bible

By Alan Bradley

By Alan Bradley

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Nov 04, 2014 | ISBN 9780385684866

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About The Shoebox Bible

On a cold, dark winter day during the Second World War, a young Alan Bradley found hidden beneath a floorboard in his mother’s bedroom closet a well-worn cardboard shoebox.
            At the time, he could make little sense of the ragtag things he found inside: cigarette packages, soup can labels, handbills, calendars, paper bags, pie boxes—any scrap of paper upon which his mother could copy out, in her old-fashioned handwriting, what seemed to be no more than unrelated snippets of Scripture.
            He only knew that the box, which he would later come to think of as the Shoebox Bible, had something to do with the fact that his father had run away from home.
            Many years would pass, and his mother would be on her deathbed before he would once again hold this treasure in his hands. And only then would he put together the pieces of the puzzle, and learn the complete truth.
            Beautifully and lovingly told, The Shoebox Bible is a wonderful memoir of a precocious family who manage to live and love despite the absence of their father.
            Interspersed with heartbreaking quotations from the Old and New Testaments, this sad, funny, and above all inspiring story will appeal to readers who fell in love with such inspirational books as Tuesdays with Morrie and Mister God, This Is Anna. 

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About Alan Bradley

Alan Bradley is the New York Times bestselling author of many short stories, children’s stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir The Shoebox Bible. His first Flavia de Luce novel, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, received the Crime… More about Alan Bradley

Product Details

Category: Biography & Memoir

Ebook | $10.99
Published by Doubleday Canada
Nov 04, 2014 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780385684866

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Praise

"Alan Bradley has gifted us with a deeply tender, hauntingly beautiful memoir that is certain to touch your heart and stir your soul."
—Tom Harpur, author of The Pagan Christ

"Like Angela’s Ashes, The Shoebox Bible, is a hauntingly beautiful memoir that will leave a lasting impression."
—Dave Pelzer, author of The Privilege of Youth

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