The Changeling
Gail Gallant [Gallant, Gail]
In this haunting memoir, Gail Gallant recounts her unbelievable life as a changeling, a child born to replace another.
When Gail Gallant was five months old, she died. A year later, she was reborn. Or so her mother said.
The crash occurred on a July night in 1955. The truck hit the Gallant family's car head-on; a few weeks later, newborn baby Gail died from her injuries. Mad with grief, her mother prayed feverishly for Gail's return, convinced that God would bring her child back to her. And when she gave birth within a year to a baby girl who looked identical to her lost child, she believed her prayers had been answered.
She named that newborn baby Gail.
In this haunting memoir about having and losing faith, Gail Gallant recounts her awe-inspiring true story of life as a changeling—a child born to replace her deceased baby sister. A middle child in a large Catholic family, Gail embraced the belief that she was especially anointed, a status that was...
When Gail Gallant was five months old, she died. A year later, she was reborn. Or so her mother said.
The crash occurred on a July night in 1955. The truck hit the Gallant family's car head-on; a few weeks later, newborn baby Gail died from her injuries. Mad with grief, her mother prayed feverishly for Gail's return, convinced that God would bring her child back to her. And when she gave birth within a year to a baby girl who looked identical to her lost child, she believed her prayers had been answered.
She named that newborn baby Gail.
In this haunting memoir about having and losing faith, Gail Gallant recounts her awe-inspiring true story of life as a changeling—a child born to replace her deceased baby sister. A middle child in a large Catholic family, Gail embraced the belief that she was especially anointed, a status that was...
年:
2019
出版社:
Doubleday Canada
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
0385686579
ISBN 13:
9780385686570
文件:
PDF, 6.24 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2019