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Freshly revised and expanded for this edition, Wishful Thinking is a "beguiling" [Time] adventure in language for the restless believer, the doubter, and all who love words.]]> 1973 4 0 false Sun Dec 13 12:16:03 -0800 2009 Tue Oct 20 14:34:26 -0700 2009 Sun Dec 13 12:16:03 -0800 2009 81305555 1735307 76809 0060611391 9780060611392 19 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899705m/76809.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170899705s/76809.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76809.Wishful_Thinking_A_Seeker_s_ABC 4.13 167 Wishful Thinking, the first book in his much-loved lexical trilogy, Frederick Buechner puts the language of God, the universe, and the human spirit under his wry linguistic microscope. In his often ironic and always keen-sighted reflections on such terms as agnostic, envy, love, and sin, he invited us to look at theses everyday words in new and enlightening ways. 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