The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness
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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.
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A path from cloistered nun to best-selling author, this is a spiritual memoir that traces Armstrong's journey through faith, into theology, and finally into her own sort of religious practice. It is in line with many of her other books, and also elucidates much of her other work.
August 18, 2020
