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Description
In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent, eager to meet God. After seven brutally unhappy years as a nun, she left her order to pursue English literature at Oxford. But convent life had profoundly altered her, and coping with the outside world and her expiring faith proved... read more
First Sentence
I was late.
Table of Contents
Preface
T.S. Eliot, Ash-Wednesday, I
1. Ash Wednesday
2. The Devil of the Stairs
3. I Renounce the Blessed Face
4. Consequently I Rejoice
5. Desiring This Man's Gift and That Man's Scope
6. The Usual Reign
7. Infirm Glory
8. To Turn Again
Authors & Contributors
- Karen Armstrong (Author)
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