Holy Ghost Girl : A Memoir (Paperback)

from Jackie.the.Librarian

"Holy Ghost Girl" is a candid, entertaining memoir which orbits the strange world of travelling tent revivals; a way of spreading the word that was dying out even as the author experienced it. Although author Donna Johnson could've dramatized this memoir quite a bit (a' la James Frey), she didn't...

from WillowOne

I am not sure how to write a review for this book, it is as simple as that. I grew up a preachers daughter and never experienced anything like Donna Johnson's memoir. We stayed in the same home, with the same church for most of my younger years. We never were taken to or saw a tent revival. As I ...

from mjspear

Donna Johnson tells of a childhood on the move: from ever-moving football-field-size revival tents to "foster" homes to hideaways as the (never acknowledged) 2nd family of preacher David Terrell. She struggles between faith and disbelief, trust and suspicion. She witnesses no less than three heal...

from kraaivrouw

Donna Johnson grew up on the tent revival circuit of the 1950's and '60's. Her mother was a follower of David Terrell's ministry, playing organ for his traveling ministry. If you've never been to a tent revival, this may all seem very strange, but for many Americans these revivals are a part of a...

from debs4jc

I found this fascinating in places and it certainly offered an interesting perspective on the "faith healer" phenomena. Were people really healed? How could they have been when the "prophet" was so flawed? Mostly I left this story with a lot of sadness for the people that this man hurt and a rene...