Ruth, A Portrait
The Story of Ruth Bell Graham
by Patricia Cornwell

Ruth Bell Graham is known as the wife of evangelist Billy Graham. It was Ruth who most influenced Billy, as his trusted life partner. In Ruth, A Portrait, we meet this fascinating and remarkable woman. Brimming with anecdotes, this is a breathtaking journey, with stops at many of the last century's epoch-making events.

The childhood years of the future Mrs. Billy Graham were spent light-years away from ours -- China in the 1920s and 1930s. The daughter of medical missionairies, she and her family were caught in a crucible of unspeakable hardship; in addition to pestilence and plague, there was the unstable political and military turmoil surrounding the Nationalist government, the Communists, and the Japanese invaders. These hazardous realities shaped Ruth Bell and her family -- a family inured to difficulties, but buoyed up by their deep belief in God's abiding will.

Virtually raised by the Grahams, the author is a repository of Ruth Bell Graham stories and has seen firsthand the spirit of this courageous woman. Patricia Cornwell not only gives readers a full, rounded, and intimate portrait of Ruth Bell Graham, but also insight into the life of the Graham family, particularly Billy Graham.

Softbound in good condition.