The healer of Fox Hollow
Right from the start, Layla Tompkin's way forward is full of detours after her mother dies in breech birth, leaving only her and her devoted, sorrowful father, Ed. Then, at the age of five, Layla is rendered mute after a horrible accident. "God is leading Layla to speak in new tongues," proclaims Pa...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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NY:
Vantage Point,
2012.
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| Summary: | Right from the start, Layla Tompkin's way forward is full of detours after her mother dies in breech birth, leaving only her and her devoted, sorrowful father, Ed. Then, at the age of five, Layla is rendered mute after a horrible accident. "God is leading Layla to speak in new tongues," proclaims Pastor Simpson at the local serpent handling church. Soon after, Layla is found to possess the gift of healing and her reputation spreads. Even Doc Fredericks, the area's skeptical physician, is forced to re-examine scientific tenets when Layla's healing touch is the only treatment that brings relief to his son Brian, whose legs were blown off by a landmine in Vietnam. Doubt and the miraculous, loss and survival, hurt and forgiveness collide when a secret challenges what everyone holds true, leaving Layla, her family and the community profoundly changed in a story about what it means to be truly healed. |
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| Physical Description: | 449 p. |
| ISBN: | 9781936467358 1936467356 |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
