Free (nook/Kindle/iTunes/DRM-free) All is Grace [Xtian 1930s-2010s Franciscan Memoir]

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All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir by the late Franciscan priest Brennan Manning (Wikipedia) with John Blase and a foreword by Philip Yancey, of which Manning apparently had an interesting and eventful life, is his memoir of said eventful life filled with adventures and struggles etc., starting from his childhood during the Great Depression and onward through the early 21st century, free courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook.

I had a peek inside this one, and while it did seem pretty "inspirational", it's also got a lot of non-faith-based family and growing-up-in-that-time-period sorts of reminisces and stuff about his struggles with alcoholism and experiences in the Korean War, plus his priestly work in Europe, as well as photographs, which may also be of interest to more secular-oriented readers interested in personal historical records.

Currently free, probably just for the next couple of days @ B&N (also UK), Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK), iTunes & Google Play (both available to Canadians), ChristianBook (DRM-free ePub available to select countries), and may also be free via other venues listed on the publisher's web catalogue page, where you can watch the book trailer.

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat) free ebook thread of the day.

Because I'm a sucker for personal memoirs spanning a fairly long time period and reflecting back on formative experiences throughout the decades in an almost travelogue sort of way, and this does look like a moderately interesting one. The past is a different country, and all.

Enjoy!

Description
It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on that singular theme –

“Yes, Abba is very fond of you!”

In this his final book, Brennan roves back his past, honoring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who’ve known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it – All Is Grace.