Discoveries: Made From Living My New Life

by Eugenia Price

Originally Published in 1953, Discoveries is Eugenia Price’s honest account of her quest to find out what Jesus Christ means to her, and how her newfound belief in Him has changed her life. Eugenia Price wrote Discoveries–her first book–two years after her conversion to Christianity at the age of thirty-three. It is an authentic journal of her spiritual journey from nonbeliever to believer. Discoveries is filled with the vitality and excitement of a new disciple–and yet, as the author states, it is “still startlingly central to what I believe today.” Updated with a new Preface, this book is essential reading for all believers–new and old alike–who are eager to re-examine their own commitments to Jesus Christ, as Ms. Price has done in these pages.

129 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1979

About the author

Eugenia Price was born in Charleston, WV, June 22, 1916, to Walter (a dentist) and Anna Price. At the age of ten, she decided she wanted to be a writer and entered a poem in her school's literary magazine. She was raised as a member of the Methodist Church, but had left the church behind by the time she graduated from high school, at the age of 15, in 1932. She decided to leave writing behind to follow in her father's footsteps and pursue a career in dentistry. She attended Ohio University for three years, declaring herself an atheist during this time. In 1935, she became a student at Northwestern Dental School, the only woman admitted that year. She studied dentistry for two years, but writing continued to draw her. In 1939, she was hired to work on the NBC radio serial In Care of Aggie Horn. She continued as one of the writers for the show until 1942. She left NBC, going to work for the Proctor and Gamble show Joyce Jordan, M.D. from 1944-1946. In 1945 she founded her own television and radio production company, Eugenia Price Productions, developing other serials for Proctor and Gamble.

In 1949 Eugenia Price underwent a profound life change, giving up her college atheism to embrace Christianity. She considered a career change, but accepted a position with WGN Radio as writer, producer, and director for Unshackled, another radio serial. The popularity of the show led her to a lecturing career throughout the United States and Canada for several years.

Price began yet another career in the early 1950s when she was approached by one of the owners of Zondervan publishing. The 1953 publication of Discoveries Made from Living My New Life, a chronicle of her newfound faith and the experiences that led her to it, launched Eugenia Price into a new career as an inspirational writer. Other inspirational books followed, addresses issues of importance to women and children and other self-help concerns and urging readers away from advances in psychology and analysis and toward a life based on Biblical tenants. Many of her inspirational books are still in print, a testimony to the comfort and empathy many readers found in her works.

Eugenia Price gained a much wider audience though when she began publishing historical romances set in the American South. These novels were praised as "compelling sagas that blend personal stories of love and tragedy. . . with the dramatic events of a region's history." Her first historical romance, The Beloved Invader, was inspired her visit to Saint Simons Island, Georgia and based on one of the island's nineteenth-century inhabitants. The Beloved Invader was published in 1965 and followed by two other romances, New Moon Rising (1969) and Lighthouse (1971), to form the St. Simons Trilogy.

Her historical romances made Price a frequent member of the best-seller lists and brought her millions of readers. Although she continued to write and to publish inspirational works, it was her romances that brought her the greatest attention.

Eugenia Price died May 28, 1996, in Brunswick, Georgia of congestive heart failure and is buried in the Christ Church cemetery, Frederica, GA. Many of her books remain in print and have translated into 17 languages, charming readers of all ages and nationalities. Her manuscripts are housed at Boston University.

Reviews

[Cathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book really ministered to me. Price’s discoveries of her new Christian life are poignant and moving. I found it interesting that this book from 1962 dealt with dying to the “self” which is totally counter-culture in 2022 society. This will definitely get many re-reads from me. “I belong to Him and He belongs to me!”

[Barb · Rating 5 out of 5]

The material is excellent. I must confess though, I am in a state of shock and confusion. The author seem right on target about a relationship with Jesus Christ. However, I have just discovered that she had a "female partner" right up until her death. I can't understand how she reconciled her lesbian relationship with what Jesus taught in the Bible. I am just stunned. I can't fault her book or what she describes in her relationship with Jesus, but I can't see how she fits another relationship into it that is clearly contrary to what is taught in the Bible.

[Starla Ellison · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this small book! God has used it in my life- at just the right time! When discussing it with others I remind them it was wrote 72 years ago and some of the wording is different than what we use today. Also, I seen some comments that say Eugenia Price was in a lesbian relationship. There is absolutely nothing that backs this accusation up. My understanding is that she and her long time FRIEND lived together on St. Simons Island. They were both writers. Ms. Price wrote all of her life about her relationship with Jesus. Jesus, was the love of her life.

[J Crossley · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the author’s conversion to Christianity, and examines how her belief in Jesus has affected her life.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

My rating says it all.
I will be reading this again - and again.....
It contains 28 small 'chapters' and I will be reading one a day over, and over through the next 2-3 months!!!!!!!!!