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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Frykholm, Amy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Broadleaf Books, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface: Footnote to History -- Part I: Egypt -- Bring the Live Heart -- Find the Root -- Climb to the High Place -- Sift through the Sand -- Part II: Israel -- Be Astonished -- Cross the Threshold -- Open the Door -- Part III: Palestine and Jordan -- Get Lost -- Go into the Deeper Desert -- Melt -- Be Wild -- Epilogue: Translated -- Acknowledgments -- Appendices -- Glossary of People, Places, and Terms -- Life of Mary of Egypt: A Translation by Thomas F. Johnson and Amy Frykholm -- Life of Mary of Egypt: A Version in Poetry by Amy Frykholm -- Notes 
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