Chasing Grace Reflections of a Catholic Girl, Grown Up (Paperback)
| Author: Martha Manning |
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| Named a "best bet" by "USA Today, Chasing Grace" is a hilarious and touching memoir of a Catholic childhood and a lifetime spent in pursuit of grace--from the "talented and thoughtful writer" ("New York Times") Martha Manning, author of the critically acclaimed "Undercurrents". "Poignant, witty, often caustic. . . . Manning's meditation will appeal to thoughtful readers of every persuasion".--"Library Journal". |
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In a funny and poignant memoir, the author recounts her quintessentially Irish-Catholic upbringing and the ways it has shaped her adulthood, from her battles with her nun teachers to her search for the meaning of death. Reprint. |
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Martha Manning focuses on her Catholic upbringing, from her yearning to be a nun, through troublesome teenage years, to her self-realization as writer, wife, and mother. Manning examines the ways faith has impacted her life, and offers a portrait of Irish-American Catholicism.
Martha Manning focuses on her Catholic upbringing, from her yearning to be a nun, through troublesome teenage years, to her self-realization as writer, wife, and mother. Manning examines the ways faith has impacted her life, and offers a portrait of Irish-American Catholicism.
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Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A brilliant combination of wit, irony and despair...absolutely as good as it gets." New York Times Book Review
"[G]ives the reader the truthfulness of hard-won wisdom." - Sharon O'Brien 1996
"A brilliant combination of wit, irony and despair...absolutely as good as it gets." New York Times Book Review
"[G]ives the reader the truthfulness of hard-won wisdom." - Sharon O'Brien 1996
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