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Love Which Does not Wait
The stories of nine early Baha'i Lua Getsinger, an actress and singer; Mary Maxwell, a fragile beauty; Martha Root, a journalist; Hyde Dunn, a travelling salesman; Keith Ransom-Kehler, a brilliant socialite and one-time Christian minister; Susan Moody, a medical doctor; Dorothy Baker, an Ohio housewife; Ella Bailey, a school-teacher; and Marion Jack, a landscape portrait painter- all were transformed by their response to Abdu'l-Baha
341 pages, Hardcover
First published December 31, 1998
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Janet Ruhe-Schoen
12 books8 followers Janet Ruhe-Schoen is a writer and collagist. She’s published four books of biography, most recently Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle, telling the stories of African-American lawyer and human rights activist Louis Gregory and others who worked with him to integrate communities in early 20th Century North America.
In 2011 she published Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih, telling the story of the 19th Century Iranian poet and feminist martyr Tahirih Qurratu’l-Ayn.
She's also the author of A Love Which Does Not Wait - 9 biographies of great pioneering Baha'i teachers, and The Nightingale, Baha'u'llah/ El Ruisenyor, Baha'u'llah.
Ruhe-Schoen worked as a journalist in Chile and the U.S., and has traveled widely, beginning with an epic voyage to the Soviet Union in 1969.
In her art as in her writing and her life, Ruhe-Schoen is dedicated to witnessing and documenting the oneness of creation, especially the oneness of humanity. She’s always been healed and assuaged by color, rhythm and form. She is a poet and considers her art visual poetry.
She is currently most interested in developing fiction work and making visual art.
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In 2011 she published Rejoice in My Gladness: The Life of Tahirih, telling the story of the 19th Century Iranian poet and feminist martyr Tahirih Qurratu’l-Ayn.
She's also the author of A Love Which Does Not Wait - 9 biographies of great pioneering Baha'i teachers, and The Nightingale, Baha'u'llah/ El Ruisenyor, Baha'u'llah.
Ruhe-Schoen worked as a journalist in Chile and the U.S., and has traveled widely, beginning with an epic voyage to the Soviet Union in 1969.
In her art as in her writing and her life, Ruhe-Schoen is dedicated to witnessing and documenting the oneness of creation, especially the oneness of humanity. She’s always been healed and assuaged by color, rhythm and form. She is a poet and considers her art visual poetry.
She is currently most interested in developing fiction work and making visual art.
www.facebook.com/JanetRuheSchoen.auth...
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September 2, 2012
i loved this; think i had read it a while back - not sure. I sent her my 2 books, and she sent this. I had written her a fan letter I believe. She's a wonderful writer, and of course, the subject matter is incredibly dear.
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