Holy Ghost Girl
By Donna M. Johnson
By Donna M. Johnson
By Donna M. Johnson
By Donna M. Johnson
Category: Biography & Memoir | Religion | Self-Improvement & Inspiration | Parenting
Category: Biography & Memoir | Religion | Self-Improvement & Inspiration | Parenting
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$17.00
Oct 02, 2012 | ISBN 9781592407354
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Oct 13, 2011 | ISBN 9781101545188
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Praise
“What a life! Holy Ghost Girl takes you inside a world where God and sin and miracles and deceit and love are so jumbled together you can’t tell them apart. Donna Johnson sorts through her story with great insight, compassion and humor, giving us an indelible portrait of a charismatic preacher and the faithful who so desperately believed in him.” — Jeannette Walls, author of New York Times bestsellers The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses
“Holy Ghost Girl turns, as good books must, from promising read into sure bet. Ms. Johnson’s enthralling memoir, her first book, is about growing up on the road in a clan of what she calls Holy Rollers.” — The New York Times
“A page-turning, thrilling tale set in the 1960/70s containing adultery, KKK face-offs, fasting to the point of collapse, child neglect/abuse, show business and family connection.” — Beliefnet.com
“Sensitive and revelatory…an impressive achievement of perspective and maturity…a haunting and memorable book.” — Bookpage
“Compulsively readable” — Texas Monthly
“Therein lies the paradox at the center of Johnson’s story, in which faith and love live alongside anger and betrayal” — O, The Oprah Magazine
“A trustworthy narrator, Johnson is consistently funny, poetic and remarkably devoid of bitterness.” — Kirkus Reviews
“‘Holy Ghost Girl’ is the most compelling, exquisitely detailed, well-written memoir I have read in a month of Sundays.” — Tampa Tribune
“Johnson’s fascinating and sometimes disturbing personal story is mixed with serious reflection … Holy Ghost Girl tells a harrowing, sometimes funny, story from a youthful insider’s point of view.” — Dallas Morning News
"A wretching and extraordinarily beautiful memoir. If you’re a fan of The Glass Castle, you’ll be mesmerized by Donna M. Johnson’s true-life tale of how her young life was upended by her mother’s love affair with an infamous charismatic preacher." — Lisa Napoli, author of Radio Shangri-La
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