This beautifully crafted edition offers the first, largest, and
most complete collection ever of Helen Steiner Rice poems.
From her remarkable body of work, this volume includes nearly four
hundred original poems--sixteen of them rare and previously
uncollected--and one never-before-published prayer discovered in
the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation archives. Included are favorites
like "The Praying Hands," "Heart Gifts," and "Tribute to John F.
Kennedy."
Organized topically into sixteen parts, this collection features
the subjects Helen returned to again and again in her life--from
musings on heaven and the beauty in nature to odes of love for
friends and family. It's a definitive volume packed with heart and
hope for generations to come.
The first, largest, and most complete Rice collection ever
Helen Steiner Rice rose beyond tragedy and disappointment to
inspire millions. Over eight decades, she penned thousands of poems
and prayers to give comfort and hope through some of history's
darkest moments. In the process, she became one of the first
American women to introduce faith into the workplace and popular
culture.
This beautifully crafted collection includes nearly four hundred
poems-sixteen of them rare and previously uncollected, and one
never-before-published prayer discovered in the Helen Steiner Rice
Foundation archives. Organized by topic, this book features
subjects Helen returned to again and again-from musings on heaven
and the beauty in nature to odes of love for friends and family.
It's a definitive volume packed with love for generations past and
a hope for those to come.
From the 1920s and beyond her death in 1981, Helen Steiner Rice
was and is an unofficial poet laureate of hope and optimism. Her
books have sold more than seven million copies and comforted
nations through some of history's darkest moments. There probably
isn't one American family today that hasn't received or sent a
greeting card featuring Rice's work, and her writings continue to
inspire a new generation on-line, in gift books, and through note
cards.
Virginia J. Ruehlmann of Cincinnati, Ohio, continues the legacy of
her friend through the Helen Steiner Rice Foundation. Mrs.
Ruehlmann has compiled more than fifty volumes of Mrs. Rice's
inspirational verse and poetry, including An Instrument of Your
Peace: A Tribute to the Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi and Awake
My Soul and Sing: Poems Inspired by Favorite Hymns.