Benjamin, I ought to clarify that the Life and Letters is about 400 (500?) pages of closely packed print: it's an 'easy read' because delightfully written and easy to pick up and put down with just reading a letter here and there; but it might be a bit daunting for someone who hasn't read and loved anything else by her yet.

Also, I was thinking of what some of my friends might recommend: I think Laura (who sometimes haunts this board) would recommend a biography of Sarah Edwards as Mrs. Edwards has been a role model for her (and if you knew Laura, that would be a strong recommendation of Sarah Edwards :-), but I am unsure if the one she liked was by Edna Gerstner or Elizabeth Dodd. I tend to think Gerstner... I will send her this thread link and ask her.

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Heidi
Indianapolis, Indiana

After two days, he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him.
Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.