The Rose and the Fire: a biography of Alfred and Joy Holland - Paperback

by Jonathan Holland (Author)

compelling portrait of Alfred Holland, a highly respected Anglican Bishop of Newcastle, and his wife Joy.

Drawing on rich archival material and intimate family recollection, Jonathan Holland brings scholarly skill and moral insight to bear on their shared journey of faith, leadership, loss and service. Sensitive but unflinching in its treatment of the Royal Commission's findings, this book is both a tribute and a testimony to character shaped by hardship, to faith tested in public and to the quiet strength of a marriage that endured.

Jonathan Holland has told this remarkable story with grace and honesty.

- Peter Kurti, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Independent Studies, and former Rector, St James King St, Sydney.

Jonathan Holland is a retired Anglican bishop, and author of Anglicans, Trams and Paw Paws: the story of the diocese of Brisbane 1945-1980 and The Destiny and Passion of Philip Nigel Warrington Strong. He is a son, husband, father, and grandfather.