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Beth-Ann Buitekant

Buitekant—Beth-Ann Buitekant, 76, on August 22, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. Beth-Ann was born on February 15, 1946, to Rubin and…

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Into the Abyss and Back

Held in the Light: Norman Morrison’s Sacrifice for Peace and His Family’s Journey of Healing By Anne Morrison Welsh, with…

Robert Dockhorn

Elizabeth Stabler Miller Garrettson

Garrettson—Elizabeth Stabler Miller Garrettson, 83, on November 18, 2020, suddenly and unexpectedly, of complications following radiation therapy for lung cancer…

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Robert J. Happ

Happ—Robert J. Happ, 71, on March 26, 2019, suddenly, at home in Chalfont, Pa. Bob was born on February 16,…

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A Measure of Light: A Novel

Most readers know Mary Dyer as a martyr for religious freedom, specifically Quaker faith. But few of us know her story. Novelist Beth Powning spent years researching Mary Dyer’s life, following in her footsteps, unearthing any documents or mentions in colonial records. In A Measure of Light Powning has eloquently imagined a haunting story of a woman torn by domestic and cultural upheavals.

Reviewed by Beth Taylor

When Truth Is All You Have: A Memoir of Faith, Justice, and Freedom for the Wrongly Convicted

By Jim McCloskey, with Philip Lerman. Doubleday, 2020. 320 pages. $26.95/hardcover; $17/paperback (available June 1); $13.99/eBook. Jim McCloskey was an…

Reviewed by Beth Taylor

Friends Journal Reviewer Survey

Our volunteer reviewers share some of their all-time favorite books for Quakers.

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Books March 2015

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By Faith and By Love: Martin and Mabel’s Journey

By Beverly England Williams. Resource Publications, 2014. 177 pages. $23/paperback; $9.99/eBook. The story of Martin and Mabel England is a…

Reviewed by Beth Taylor

Been Down So Long

Beth Taylor