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Saint Therese of Lisieux

Kathryn Harrison
3.40/5 (113 ratings)
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became - through her posthumously published autobiography - one of the world's most influential religious figures.
In Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, bestselling novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison brings to the saint's life her storytelling gift and deep insight as she reveals the hopes and fears of the young girl behind the religious icon.
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux shows us the pampered daughter of successful and deeply religious tradespeople who - through a personal appeal to the pope - entered a convent at the early age of fifteen. There, Thérèse embraced sacrifice and self-renunciation in a single-minded pursuit of the "nothingness" she felt would bring her closer to God.
With feeling, Harrison shows us the sensitive four-year-old whose mother's death haunted her forever and contributed to the ascetic spirituality that strengthened her to embrace even the deadly throes of tuberculosis.
Tellingly placed in the context of late-nineteenth-century French social and religious practices, this is a powerful story of a life lived with enormous passion and a searing, triumphant voyage of the spirit.
Format:
Pages:
227 pages
Publication:
2003
Publisher:
Lipper/Viking
Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0670031488
ISBN13:
9780670031481
kindle Asin:
B00AFW4VHQ

Saint Therese of Lisieux

Kathryn Harrison
3.40/5 (113 ratings)
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Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, largely unknown when she died in a Carmelite convent at the age of twenty-four, became - through her posthumously published autobiography - one of the world's most influential religious figures.
In Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, bestselling novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison brings to the saint's life her storytelling gift and deep insight as she reveals the hopes and fears of the young girl behind the religious icon.
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux shows us the pampered daughter of successful and deeply religious tradespeople who - through a personal appeal to the pope - entered a convent at the early age of fifteen. There, Thérèse embraced sacrifice and self-renunciation in a single-minded pursuit of the "nothingness" she felt would bring her closer to God.
With feeling, Harrison shows us the sensitive four-year-old whose mother's death haunted her forever and contributed to the ascetic spirituality that strengthened her to embrace even the deadly throes of tuberculosis.
Tellingly placed in the context of late-nineteenth-century French social and religious practices, this is a powerful story of a life lived with enormous passion and a searing, triumphant voyage of the spirit.
Format:
Pages:
227 pages
Publication:
2003
Publisher:
Lipper/Viking
Edition:
1st, First Edition
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0670031488
ISBN13:
9780670031481
kindle Asin:
B00AFW4VHQ

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