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Recounts a gripping religious conversion, drawing on the wisdom of the ancient desert mothers and fathers of Egypt and Palestine

Table of Contents

1. An Unfurnished Life 2. The Unexpected Moment 3. School for Change 4. School for Trust 5. Entering My True Country 6. Love's Hiding Places 7. Death and the Remainder of Life 8. Of Guilt and Sorrow 9. Heart's Memory Acknowledgments

About the Author

Richard Giannone is Professor Emeritus at Fordham University. He is the author of four books, including Flannery O'Connor: Hermit Novelist.

Reviews

"Encountering Richard Giannone's writing through his academic studies of Willa Cather and Flannery O'Connor, I was impressed by his skill, sensitivity, and thoughtfulness. Even so, I was unprepared for the power of this book, this very personal memoir. The vulnerability and rawness of emotion revealed here were unexpected... A brave, haunting work." A. J. MOJTABAI, author of Blessed Assurance