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Through the Narrow Gate
Through the Narrow Gate
Author: Karen Armstrong
What is it like to be a nun? The cloistered life, with all its rewards and sacrifices, its contradictions and ambiguities, has never been more intimately depicted than in Through the Narrow Gate. In this eloquent and revealing memoir, Karen Armstrong, Catholic by birth and education, tells how as a girl of seventeen-upset with family problems, ...  more »
ISBN: 334425
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 275
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Publisher: St Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Karen Armstrong is always good. This is the story of how she felt drawn to the convent and struggled with her calling in life.
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I loved the book! Regardless of religious denomination, this speaks to the human spirit. The path, the journey are fascinating. The author successfully conveys the odyssey in language and honesty that make her struggles real to the lay person. Yet in the end the author retains her personal spirituality, and is deeply respectful of those choosing the religious life.


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