What is a Family?

by Edith Schaeffer

Publisher:

Baker

, 1997

Overview

All the moving, changing shapes of a family are shown in Edith Schaeffer’s imaginative reflections on infancy to grandmotherhood. She gives readers great ideas on how to support their family members and make moments memorable.

Product Details

• Title : What is a Family?
• Author: Schaeffer, Edith
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 1997
• ISBN: 9781441212948

About Edith Schaeffer

Edith Rachel Merritt Schaeffer (née Seville) (born November 3, 1914) is a Christian author, and co-founder of L’Abri. She is the widow of Francis Schaeffer. Schaeffer was born in Wenzhou, China, the fourth child of George and Jessie Seville, missionaries who were serving in China with the China Inland Mission. In addition to her English name, her parents gave her the Chinese name Mei Fuh, meaning “beautiful happiness”. Schaeffer attended Beaver College in Glenside, Pennsylvania.