Holy Ghost Girl is a compassionate, humorous exploration of faith, betrayal, and coming of age on the sawdust trail. She was just three years old when her mother signed on as the organist of tent Donna Johnson's remarkable story of being raised under the biggest gospel tent in the world, by David Terrell, one of the most famous evangelical ministers of the 1960s and 1970s. Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir, Paperback by Johnson, Donna M., ISBN, ISBN-407354, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Recounts the author's childhood as an organist's daughter for tent revivalist David Terrell, describing her witness to his mass 'miracles' and his morally corrupt activities behind the scenes. This is me signing Canton Jones' 'Holy Ghost Girl'. Trying to move from Signed English to more ASL. Feel free to leave a comment.This video is for all my Hol.
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A compassionate, humorous memoir of faith, betrayal, and coming of age on the evangelical sawdust trail.Long before the Blues Brothers coined the term, Donna M. Johnson’s family was on a mission from God. She was just three years old when her mother signed on as the organist for tent revivalist David Terrell. Before long, Donna and her family were part of the hugely popular evangelical preacher’s inner circle. At seventeen, she left the ministry for good, with a trove of stranger-than-fiction memories. A homecoming like no other, Holy Ghost Girl brings to life miracles, exorcisms, and face-offs with the Ku Klux Klan. And that’s just what went on under the tent.
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- A homecoming like no other, Holy Ghost Girl brings to life miracles, exorcisms, and face-offs with the Ku Klux Klan-and that's just what went on under the tent. As Terrell became known worldwide during the 1960s and '70s, the caravan of broken-down cars and trucks that made up his ministry evolved into fleets of Mercedes and airplanes.
As Terrell became known worldwide during the 1960s and ’70s, he enthralled—and healed—thousands a night, andthe caravan of broken-down cars and trucks that made up his ministry evolved into fleets of Mercedes and private jets. The glories of the Word mixed with betrayals of the flesh, and Donna’s mother bore Terrell’s children in one of the secret households he maintained. Terrell’s followers, dubbed “Terrellites” by the press, descended on backwaters across the South to await the apocalypse in cult-like communities.
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Johnson’s personal story takes us into the heart of a mystical and deeply flawed family where the norms are anything but normal and where love covers a multitude of sin. Recounted with the deadpan observations and surreal detail only a kid would notice,
Holy Ghost Girl bypasses easy judgment to articulate a rich world in which the mystery of faith and human frailty share a surprising and humorous coexistence.Reviews
Publisher's Weekly
New York Times
“Ms. Johnson’s enthralling memoir…turns, as good books must, from promising read into sure bet.”
O Magazine—November Issue
“And therein lies the paradox at the center of Johnson’s story, in which faith and love live alongside anger and betrayal.”
BeliefNet/How To Be Happy Blog
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“A page-turning, thrilling tale set in the 1960/70s containing adultery, KKK face-offs, fasting to the point of collapse, child neglect/abuse, show business and family connection.”
BookPage
“Both personal and social history, Holy Ghost Girl…is a haunting and memorable book.”
People Magazine
“…a divinely taut thriller, revealing a surreal world of faith, humor and heartbreak.”
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Texas Monthly
“Compulsively readable…Johnson is a gifted writer with the ability to bring the world of her childhood to vivid life.”
Kirkus Reviews
“A trustworthy narrator, Johnson is consistently funny, poetic and remarkably devoid of bitternes.”
New York Journal of Books
“…a poignant and compelling story of one young woman’s ongoing journey.”
SheKnows.com
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Tampa Bay Online
“Holy Ghost Girl is the most compelling, exquisitely detailed, well-written memoir I have read in a month of Sundays..”
Dallas Morning News
“Holy Ghost Girl tells a harrowing, sometimes funny, story from a youthful insider's point of view.”
Waco Tribune Herald
“Holy Ghost Girl,” published by Gotham Books, offers memories rich in detail as well as Johnson's honest ambivalence about what she lived through.
Interviews
Interfaith Voices interviews Donna Johnson
Publisher's Weekly
Conversations with David Lewis, WMLB, Atlanta
Jennifer Stayton, KUT Austin
Between the Lines with Valerie Jackson, WABE-FM 90.1, (Oct. 28)
Inner Views, KOOP
Austin American Statesman
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