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Wild at Heart begins the adventures of two sex-driven, star-crossed protagonists, Sailor and Lula, on the road in the American South. It is followed by: Sailor's Holiday: The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula. 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango.
Gifford's fourth novel, Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula, caught the eye of director David Lynch, who adapted it into the screenplay and movie Wild at Heart. The movie won the Palme d'Or, the highest honor, at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990. The film's success boosted interest in Gifford's novels.
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Movement One: Reflecting God and the Masculine Question
Wild at Heart is split into three sections, called "movements." The first argues that every aspect of a man, from his desires to who he is as a man, reflects God. Eldredge argues that the reason a man has the desires that he does and the reason why he is masculine is because he is, ultimately, an image-bearer of God. According to Eldredge, men reflect God uniquely in this way: they demonstrate God's ability to "come through" for his people. Men are made to "come through." Eldredge asserts tha...
Movement Two: The Poser, the Wound, and the Healing
In the second movement, Eldredge asserts that all men carry a wound that hits men in the area of their deep question. He asserts that all men create a false self by which they display themselves to the world at large. This false self, or identity, feigns strength and courage while hiding cowardice and fear. Eldredge calls this false self The Poser. Eldredge says that when men are wounded in they typically go to two extremes or some combination of the two: angry men or passive men. "Look aroun...
Movement Three: The Core Desires of a Man's Heart
According to Eldredge, men have three core desires: battle, adventure, beauty. The first desire is for a "battle to fight." Eldredge says that deep in the heart of every man is a warrior. He rejects the notion that men are crass, abusive, and violent. But what he does push for is a "fierceness" and "courage" that is the heart of a warrior--the ability to stand and fight for something. Eldredge says that for a man to be complete he must be fighting for something. The second desire is for an "a...
Chuck Swindoll, a radio evangelical pastor, called it "the best, most insightful book I have read in at least the last five years." Eldredge's work has its detractors. Some have pointed out that the "pseudo-evangelical" cult and criminal organization La Familia cartel in Mexico, refer to their assassinations and beheadings as '"divine justice"; its...
In 2005 Eldredge with his wife Stasi wrote Captivating, a companion to Wild at Heart, which explores femininity.
Wild at Heart at publisher Thomas Nelson's websiteIs God Wild at Heart? Critical Review of Wild at Heart from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood- John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge
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Wild at Heart begins the adventures of two sex-driven, star-crossed protagonists, Sailor and Lula, on the road in the American South. It is followed by: Sailor's Holiday: The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula
Apr 9, 2010 · Books like Wild at Heart —books that humanize God and glorify man, that teach a generation of Christian men already weakened by humanistic philosophy and biblical ignorance to look anywhere other than the pages of the Bible for guidance—have a seductive appeal to the flesh.
Nov 1, 1990 · Wild at Heart. Barry Gifford. 3.76. 1,527 ratings144 reviews. Despite her mother's disapproval, Lula Pace Fortune joins her boyfriend, Sailor Ripley, when he finishes serving his prison sentence for murder. Genres Fiction Crime Contemporary Novels Noir Mystery Romance. ...more. 160 pages, Paperback. First published November 1, 1990.
Feb 18, 2020 · Wild at Heart. K.A. Tucker. 4.16. 56,312 ratings5,379 reviews. From the internationally best-selling author of The Simple Wild comes the continuation of a woman’s journey to Alaska and a life she never imagined for herself.
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