Extravagant Graces: 23 Inspiring Stories of Facing Impossible Odds - Hardcover

Chaffee, Jeanette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1490829784 ISBN 13: 9781490829784

Publisher: WestBow Press, 2014

Synopsis

About the Book
This collection of 23 thrilling stories includes the tale of Jeanette Chaffee's incredible survival of a midair explosion on TWA Flight 840. You can also read about Don Richardson's remarkable experiences with headhunters, go behind-the-scenes into the amazing life of Elisabeth Elliot, meet NFL player Donnie Dee, and find out what happened to the singer of the Happy Days theme song. What was it like being the daughter of evangelist Billy Graham? What were the last words of Dr. Francis Schaeffer? What troubled Shirley Dobson? Learn about the musical miracle that took fifty years to be revealed. Discover how a nine-year-old orphan helped reform a cannibal tribe, and much more. The book includes over 60 photos, many rare and unpublished.

"...full of stories that will inspire and encourage."
Jim Daly--president of Focus on the Family

"...a must-read."
Les Steckel--NFL Coach to two Super Bowls

"Jeanette is simply another example that God uses ordinary people in extraordinary ways."
Richard Stearns--president of World Vision, U.S.

"Exciting... inspirational. Praise the Lord for Jeanette's life and testimony."
Pat Boone--actor and singer

"Riveting!"  "Couldn't put it down."  "Wow! Gripping."
Various readers

About the Author
Jeanette Chaffee survived the midair explosion of a terrorist bomb less than fourteen feet away from her. She has appeared on CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 20/20, and The 700 Club. Jeanette has been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, and Newsweek. She's authored diverse national magazine articles and is recognized as a gifted communicator.

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From the Inside Flap:

Stories That Will Change Your Life

Have you experienced deep personal loss? Discover in "Not Always Happy Days" how a Hollywood couple lost everything--and learned what's really important.
Think your disability prevents you from accomplishing your dreams? Musician Ken Medema--"A Different Way to See"--is blind yet he's performed before presidents.
Do you believe no one understands what you're going through? In "From Depression to Wholeness" Steve Arterburn reveals he personally experienced the despair he counsels against.
Struggling with grief or single parenthood? In "Unprepared" Sandra Aldrich copes with the shock of losing her husband. After Jim Elliot was murdered--"Survive? Impossible!"--Elisabeth was alone in the Amazon with her baby daughter.

About the Author:

Jeanette Chaffee was sitting fourteen feet away from a terrorist bomb that exploded on TWA Flight 840.

She appeared on CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 20/20, The 700 Club, and other
television and radio shows. Jeanette has been quoted in USA Today, The New York Times, and Newsweek. She's written diverse national magazine articles.

Recognized as a gifted communicator, Jeanette challenges audiences with God's
life-transforming principles. She has spoken at community and church events,
retreats, prisons, women's groups, schools, and hosted Reflections, a fifteen minute
weekly radio show that aired in cities from South Carolina to the Arctic Circle.

With her background as a multi-cultural author, educator, and missionary, she
generates rapport with audiences. Her enthusiasm and warm personality sparkle
in her speaking and writing style.

For over thirty-five years, Jeanette has personally interviewed some of the most
inspiring and influential people of our time, gathering a fantastic collection of
intimate testimonials, some of which have been included within Extravagant
Graces. She has met with national political and spiritual leaders on multiple
continents.

Jeanette has lived all over the world and has visited thirty-two countries. She
passionately loves adventure and missions. Her work with World Vision inspired
her lifelong sponsorship of children with them.

She graduated from Westmont College, has since earned an MA in English as
a Second Language and taught at the university level.

Jeanette loves living among the lush valleys of Oregon's wine country, where she
gets to be aunt to her sixteen nieces and nephews. She's entertained every day
by her charming--yet sneaky--felines, Beethoven and Lady Velvet.

About this edition

• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1490829784
• ISBN 13: 9781490829784
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240