A change of habit leaving behind my husband, career, and everything I owned to become a nun

"The Work shall be the Author's memoir, tracing her journey from a glamorous career in Hollywood to a convent in New Jersey, told with dry wit and her knack for one-liners, bringing alive her soulful story of finding solace in a sisterhood of women, where she slowly shed a lifelong habit of people p...

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Main Author: Monica Clare, Sister (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Crown ; Sugar23, [2025]
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"The Work shall be the Author's memoir, tracing her journey from a glamorous career in Hollywood to a convent in New Jersey, told with dry wit and her knack for one-liners, bringing alive her soulful story of finding solace in a sisterhood of women, where she slowly shed a lifelong habit of people pleasing, and where she also transformed the convent culture to allow for expressiveness, warmth, and more straightforward communication"--
Item Description:"Sister Monica Clare is the sister superior at the Community of St. John Baptist, an Epicsopal convent...." -- Publisher, inside rear flap of dust jacket.
Physical Description:xiii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780593727119
0593727118
Author Notes:Sister Monica Clare is the Sister Superior at the Community of St. John Baptist, an Episcopal convent based in New Jersey, and a spiritual counselor specializing in religious trauma, mental illness, and addiction. Before becoming a nun in 2012, she worked as a photo editor in L.A. and performed in an acoustic rock duo and an improv comedy troupe.