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Acedia & me a marriage, monks, and a writer's life

Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.

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Main Author:	Norris, Kathleen, 1947-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Riverhead Books, 2008.
Subjects:	Acedia. Melancholy > Religious aspects > Christianity. Sadness > Religious aspects > Christianity. Apathy > Religious aspects > Christianity. Monastic and religious life. Norris, Kathleen, > 1947- Memoirs.
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Summary:	Kathleen Norris's masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture.
Physical Description:	334 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [332]-334).
ISBN:	9781594489969 1594489963
Author Notes:	Kathleen Norris is the award-winning author of "Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith"; "The Cloister Walk"; & the forthcoming "The Virgin of Bennington". She lives in South Dakota & Hawaii. (Bowker Author Biography)