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6 oeuvres 70 utilisateurs 3 critiques

Œuvres de Sally Read

The Point of Splitting (2005) 4 exemplaires
Dawn of this Hunger (2021) 3 exemplaires
Broken Sleep (2009) 1 exemplaire

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A beautifully written story about a British poet's conversion from staunch atheism to devout Catholicism, all in the space of nine electric months. In Spring of 2010 Sally Read was heralded as one of the bright young writers of the British poetry scene. Feminist, atheist and deeply anti-Catholic, she was writing a book about women's reproduction and sexuality when, during her research, she spoke with a Catholic priest. That mysterious encounter led Sally on a dramatic journey of spiritual quest and discovery which ended up at the Vatican itself, where she was received into the Catholic Church in December of that year.… (plus d'informations)
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | 2 autres critiques | Oct 13, 2019 |
Poet Sally Read was a staunch atheistic feminist, until grace intervened. Read her moving spiritual autobiography. It's a book that is hard to put down!
 
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SacredHeartWDM | 2 autres critiques | Sep 12, 2019 |
Night’s Bright Darkness: a Modern Conversion Story. Sally Read. 2018. Read, a promising young feminist, British poet, has written a good conversion story. She grew up in an atheistic family and had no interest in God or in any form of religion. When her daughter was three, she decided she’d write a non-fiction book and decided to collaborate with a physician friend of hers on a book about the vagina. One of her tasks was to interview all types of women: gay, straight, Muslin, Christian, etc. In an effort to meet a nun to interview, she contacted a friend of a friend, a Canadian Byzantine-rite priest who had been exiled from the Ukraine. They began an email correspondence. Read’s anger and hostility at the Catholic Church didn’t seem to bother Father Gregory, and they discussed all manner of issues with the Church. The more they emailed and talked about God, the more restless and unsettled Read became. She attended a baptism in St. Peter’s Basilica and could not reconcile the beauty she saw there with the horror of the priest abuse scandal. Her atheism and hatred of all things Christian was at its peak, but her ability to write anything was gone. In desperation she turned to Dodie Smith’s I Capture the Castle, a book she’d always found some comfort in. In it she read the vicar’s comments about God, and this was the turning point, the moment she began to get a glimpse of God. From there she began to talk to Fr. Gregory, read books he suggested, and eventually be baptized into the Roman Catholic Church.… (plus d'informations)
 
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judithrs | 2 autres critiques | May 26, 2018 |

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Œuvres
6
Membres
70
Popularité
#248,179
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
3
ISBN
10

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