Alabaster Doves: True Stories of Women Whose Lives Were Characterized by Strength and Gentleness
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Summary
Linda Holland collects firsthand and reported accounts of women whose lives were marked by both strength and gentleness, presenting compact narratives that highlight character, faith, and everyday courage.
Why this book now
Readers seeking models of resilient compassion will find timely inspiration in these mid-1990s true stories of character and faith.
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- You enjoy short true-life sketches of women.
- You appreciate faith-inflected examples of character.
- You want a recent or contemporary anthology.
- You prefer academic or heavily analytical biography.
- You are specifically hunting for the newest framing rather than a backlist perspective.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9780802408617
Worth buying if: You enjoy short true-life sketches of women.
Skip it if: You want a recent or contemporary anthology.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
A collection of brief true stories—readable in small sittings and suitable for dipping into one profile at a time.
What stands out here
This Moody Press 1995 collection emphasizes character-driven, faith-oriented true stories rather than scholarly biography or exhaustive life histories.
Best way to approach it
Approach as devotional or reflective reading: take one story at a time and pause to consider the character qualities highlighted.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9780802408617
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