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Phyllis Edgerly Ring

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I love the written word, creative expression, travel -- and most of all -- the noblest possibilities in the human heart. I'm always curious to discover how history, culture, relationship, spirituality and the natural world influence us and point the way for our human family on its shared journey.

I've worked as writer, editor, nurse, tour guide, program director at a Baha’i conference center, taught English to kindergartners in China, and served as instructor for the Long Ridge Writer’s Group. I've written for dozens of magazines, including Christian Science Monitor, Ms., and Writer’s Digest, and worked as editor for several publications.

My nonfiction books explore how to create balance between the spiritual and material requirements of our ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 1,480 ratings · 341 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Munich Girl 4.09 avg rating — 1,280 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Snow Fence Road 4.07 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life at First Sight: Finding the Divine in the Details 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jamila Does Not Want a Bat in Her House by Phyllis Edgerly Ring (Goodreads Author), Leona Hosack (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Thine Own Eyes: Why Imitate the Past When We Can Investigate Reality? by Phyllis Edgerly Ring (Goodreads Author), Diane Iverson, Ronald Tomanio 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Phyllis Ring and 1 other person liked Henry T's review of Phantom Border: A Personal Reconnaissance of Contemporary Germany: "I loved this extraordinary account of a person on a journey to discover what has happened to a place once savaged by human hands but now in the process of healing. The author combines personal experiences, historical perspectives, and acute observati" Read more of this review »
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Phyllis Ring liked Heiner Wischhusen's review of Phantom Border: A Personal Reconnaissance of Contemporary Germany: "The Iron Curtain, the border dividing Germany after 2nd WW into East and West Germany was extremely fortified by the East German Government from early 1960 to hinder East Germans fleeing to the West. Especially Lange's empathetic interviews with conc" Read more of this review »
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Outstanding work -- wonderfully readable, and deeply thought-provoking. The author's exploration of the former east/west border and all that it influenced, and continues to, is wise, empathetic and powerful. This memoir of her personal journey along ...more
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Phyllis Ring and 1 other person liked Valerie Ramage's review of The Munich Girl: "I received a copy of this book from Goodreads Giveaways. I enjoy historical fiction, and there were many moments during this book that I wanted to research what elements were true. Were any? I have no idea. 😂 The timeline jumped around a lot, but it " Read more of this review »
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“Exiting onto the street, I heard a chorus of bells from three churches, then saw the blood-red banners with their dark Swastikas everywhere I turned. I'm accustomed to this in Berlin, but seeing them on these lovely old façades is like finding graffiti scrawled on my grandmother's house. The Nazis are relentless with this display, like dogs marking territory.”
― Phyllis Edgerly Ring, The Munich Girl

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“Most of the women correspondents couldn't make a marriage last. We'd tasted too much of life on our own terms and you didn't find men who could manage with that.”
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“It seemed wrong that flowers could bloom, the world be so beautiful, after so much destruction.”
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Phyllis’s Quotes

“Without our Spiritual nature, life's a gift we can never fully unwrap."

~ With Thine Own Eyes: Why Imitate the Past, When We Can Investigate Reality?”
― Ron Tomanio, Diane Iverson, Phyllis Ring

tags: inspirational, investigation-of-reality, spiritual-development

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“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: box, darkness, gift, love

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“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”
― Jane Addams

tags: humanity, inequality, rights, security, society

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“Prayer's value is not that it makes challenges go away,
but that it changes my perception and experience within them.
~ Life at First Sight: Finding the Divine in the Details”
― Phyllis Edgerly Ring, Life at First Sight: Finding the Divine in the Details

tags: inspirational, prayer-life, spiritual-development

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“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

tags: lies, lying, memory, truth

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