For For readers who like a parable about brokenness and healing; not for readers who want straight teaching.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
3 of 5worth your time
For the researcher
1 of 5marginal
Difficulty
0 of 5easy
A late parable (2010): Willie Juan, a lonely boy loved by the Man of Sorrows, gains the world and loses what matters, then is restored.
How it proceeds
Philosophic0 of 5
Scriptural2 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological1 of 5
Historical0 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
Patched Together: A Story of My Story (David C. Cook, 2010, 144 pages) is a parable. Its publisher describes a sad boy, Willie Juan, who finds belonging in the eyes of a mysterious Man of Sorrows, grows into a man who gains success in the world and loses what matters most, and is broken and restored. It returns to the character of Manning's early booklet The Parable of Willie Juan (1981), and its subtitle points to the author's own story behind it.
