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Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer (Radcliffe Biography Series; Dr. Margaret Lawrence)
by Lightfoot, Sara Lawrence, and Lawrence, Melody (Series edited by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in very good dust jacket. With light reading wear. Jacket near fine, only light top spine wear.
- ISBN 10
- 020109312X
- ISBN 13
- 9780201093124
- Seller
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About This Item
Reading MA.: Addison Wesley Publishing., 1988. 2nd printing in same year as 1st.. Hard cover. Fine in very good dust jacket. With light reading wear. Jacket near fine, only light top spine wear.. 1 Off-white cloth over spine, teal paper over boards. Copper spine titles. 321 p. Audience: General/trade. Written by Margaret Lawrence's daughter, who is a MacArthur prize-winning sociologist, and at this writing, Professor of Education at Harvard University. Dr. Lawrence became a distinguished pioneer in child psychology. Her girlhood was in segregated Vicksburg, Mississippi. Then, her high school in Harlem prepared her for Cornell, the sole black undergraduate, supporting herself as a maid. From Columbia Medical School and a pediatric residency at Harlem Hospital, Dr. Lawrence went to teach in Nashville at Mcharry Medical College. When returning to NYC, she worked in public health with Dr. Benjamin Spock. Author Sara Lawrence Lightfoot weaves both an extraordinary family legacy of achievement with the pain of ongoing racism. She explodes the myths of and stereotypes surrounding black family life. She also writes of romance, an inspired marriage over 5 decades, inspiring 4 generations.
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- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Title
- Balm in Gilead: Journey of a Healer (Radcliffe Biography Series; Dr. Margaret Lawrence)
- Author
- Lightfoot, Sara Lawrence, and Lawrence, Melody (Series edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in very good dust jacket. With light reading wear. Jacket near fine, only light top spine wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd printing in same year as 1st.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 020109312X
- ISBN 13
- 9780201093124
- Publisher
- Addison Wesley Publishing.
- Place of Publication
- Reading MA.
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Cornell alumnus|Vicksburg MS and Harlem NYC native|Columbia Medical School alum|Racism in society|Mcharry Medical College|50-year marriage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
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Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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