The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness - Softcover

Armstrong, Karen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0385721277 ISBN 13: 9780385721271

Verlag: Anchor, 2005

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Book by Armstrong Karen

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"Enjoyable and deeply interesting. . . . Very rewarding." -San Francisco Chronicle

"A story about becoming human, being recognized, finally recognizing oneself. . . . It fills the reader with hope." -The Washington Post Book World

"Riveting. . . . It's a pleasure to read simply because it's honest and hopeful. . . . Armstrong is such an evocative writer." -Newsday

"I loved this powerful and moving account, and read it nonstop." -Elaine Pagels, author of Beyond Belief

"In . . . Armstrong's memoir there lurks wisdom about the making and remaking of a life . . . from which all of us could learn." -The New York Times Book Review

"A powerful memoir. . . . Buoyed by keen intelligence and unflinching self-awareness and honesty. . . . Armstrong is an engaging, energetic writer." -The Christian Science Monitor

"Candid and compelling, and the sentences are flawless." -The Dallas Morning News

Reseña del editor:

The author of Holy War relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her subsequent struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her spiritual career working with sacred texts. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.

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• Verlag: Anchor
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0385721277
• ISBN 13: 9780385721271
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336