Tales of Gletha the Goatlady (Parables from the Heart Land, #1) / Parables from the Heart Land (ePub)

In the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle and C.S. Lewis, Roger Robbennolt has fashioned the collection children's stories for adults. In recounting childhod with a expiriences as "autobiographical mythologies," Robbennolt offers a place of refuge where the child within us can find healing. Sharply hpned images weave together laughter and tears to both amuse and call forth compassion and a fuller insight into the human condition. During his life as a performer and minister, Robbennolt regularly told the stories of Gletha the Goatlady aloud to audiences of children. In print, the adventures and misadventures of a young boy in Minnesota, 1942, touch on the universally human need to feel whole.

Roger Robbennolt (1934-2004) grew up in Northern Minnesota, later travelling the country as a carnival barker. He graduated from Hamline Univesity in St. Paul with degrees in philosophy and literature, late studying at Columbia University and Oberlin College of Theology. He became a minister in 1963, and served churches in Oberlin Ohio, Tampa, Pasedena, andWalla Walla Washington, always co-pastoring with his wife Pat. They retired to Pleasant Hill Tennessee. This e-book was prepared by Phillip Jones with great gratitude to Tom Turkle, and Catherine Owers at Ave Maria Press, and to Pat. All proceeds from this e-book will be donated to the Cumberland County Playhouse, where Roger loved attending performances. His regular reviews of CCP shows were his last published writing.