Kathleen Norris
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English
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This 1916 bestseller is set in a wealthy enclave of Long Island, New York. Rachael, the depressed wife of a rich and fashionable man, finds a promise of happiness after a period of suffering and doubt, but must do the unthinkable-divorce and remarry. However, the troubles do not end there...
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Set in early-twentieth-century San Francisco, The Story of Julia Page offers a fascinating glimpse into women's lives in that time and place. The heroine of the title is faced with tough circumstances, but manages to make her way in the world with hard work and spunk. Will she be able to find true love along the way?
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English
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Kathleen Norris's search for a quiet place to write led her to the Dakota plains, and remarkably, to the world of a Benedictine monastery. In this dialogue, Norris reveals the hidden treasures of the spirit that come to those who live on the heartland of our culture, whether they be monks, townsfolk, farmers or ranchers.
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English
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For more than 10 years, thoroughly Protestant Kathleen Norris had been an oblate at a Benedictine monastery. In The Cloister Life, the celebrated author turns to the priory as her spiritual landscape, as she takes us through a liturgical year, inspiring us to evaluate our own lives and values.
Norris provides tremendous insight into the languages, customs, ceremonies, and sexuality of the men and women who have chosen the cloistered life. With insight...
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English
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Kathleen Norris invites readers to experience rich moments of prayer and presence in Dakota, a timeless tribute to a place in the American landscape that is at once desolate and sublime, harsh and forgiving, steeped in history and myth. In thoughtful, discerning prose, she explores how we come to inhabit the world we see, and how that world also inhabits us. Her voice is a steady assurance that we can, and do, chart our spiritual geography wherever...
15) Dina Cashman
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Publisher
Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc
Pub. Date
1942.
Language
English
Description
When 19 year old girl, deserted by rich suitor, finds she is pregnant, she chooses a novel solution.
20) An apple for Eve
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Publisher
Doubleday, Doran and Co
Pub. Date
1942.
Language
English
Description
Girl of Quaker ancestry has problem of choosing between two men.
