Wild Woman a footnote, the desert, and my quest for an elusive saint.
In the dusty corner of a library, journalist Amy Frykholm discovers a footnote that leads her on a decades-long search for Mary of Egypt--runaway, prostitute, holy desert dweller, saint, and archetypal wild woman. As their storylines crisscross maps and centuries, the saint and the author meet at va...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis, Minnesota :
Broadleaf Books,
2021.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the dusty corner of a library, journalist Amy Frykholm discovers a footnote that leads her on a decades-long search for Mary of Egypt--runaway, prostitute, holy desert dweller, saint, and archetypal wild woman. As their storylines crisscross maps and centuries, the saint and the author meet at various thresholds, and both become more fully revealed as they enter the desert wild and wildly--in the embrace of the sacred. |
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Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. For Further Reading. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
ISBN: | 9781506471860 1506471862 |