TOPEKA, Kan., Aug. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When things seem hopeless, bleak, or impossible; when you feel like everything has turned dark, black, and empty; a ray of light will always shine. If you're in doubt, if you need inspiration, and if you need some optimism, then this uplifting and heartwarming true story is the encouragement you're looking for. Follow author Ruth Fisher as she recounts The Pilgrimage she and her daughter took in search of a miraculous cure that didn't happen (quite) -- at least not in the way she expected. Let this inspiring testimony of faith and hope show you the wonderful healing power of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Author Ruth Fisher enjoyed the challenges of her job; she had good friends and neighbors; and she loved their old house. But as the end of the 1969 spring term approached, she knew she must come to terms with an increasingly serious health problem. She had been anemic for years but had overlooked it in all her busyness. This time, however, she seemed to lose all her former strength and energy. The iron pills prescribed by her doctor didn't help, and she no longer felt able to handle her teaching job. She felt the urgent need for a more specialized diagnosis and treatment to regain her health. So, she underwent a series of tests, and her kind doctor melancholically told her that there was no known remedy for her illness, which had progressed to the point where she has only a few more years left. How will she deal with it? Will she tell her children? Will she be able to cope with this?
When her family presented her a Christmas gift she duly deserved -- a generous check for a European trip, she knew that they want her to have a glorious vacation after years of hard work. Privately, she justified such luxury by taking a chance to visit the healing spring at Lourdes. She hoped that maybe there is still a chance to recover from her illness -- a miracle would truly come in handy. Together with her daughter, their six-week trip to Europe would be a time of their lives they would never forget. How will her visit to Lourdes affect her life? Will she find the hope and healing she yearned?
Accompany her in this inspirational journey, and experience the power of The Pilgrimage. Forty-four years after The Pilgrimage, author Ruth Fisher watched her children grow and start their own families -- and finally ready to publish this poignant memoir. Wasn't The Pilgrimage a success? For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Ruth Fisher was born in 1917 in Battlesville, Oklahoma where she lived off and on for thirty-six years, while married and with her four children. Widowed, she moved with her children to Topeka, Kansas where she stayed sixteen years, studied to be a teacher, remarried briefly, and had two more children (twins). Her serious illness caused her to move east hoping for non-existent treatment. After two years in Florida, she moved to rural Vermont where she lived and made books for children.
The Pilgrimage * by Ruth Fisher
Publication Date: August 11, 2009
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