The Spiral Staircase
My Climb Out of Darkness
About this book
The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.
Subjects
- armstrong, karen, 1944-
- biographies
- biographies spirituelles
- biography
- christian biography
- depressies (psychiatrie)
- epilepsie
- ex-nuns
- ex-religieuses
- faith
- faith development
- glaubensentwicklung
- godsdienstwetenschap
- great britain, biography
- identitätsentwicklung
- large type books
- new york times reviewed
- nonnen
- nuns, biography
- religion
- religious life
- women, biography