Little Sister
- 352pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
They promised her heaven, but there was no savior.
Patricia Walsh Chadwick Libri
Il memoir di Patricia Walsh Chadwick, LITTLE SISTER, approfondisce la sua crescita non convenzionale all'interno di una comune cattolica scomunicata. Cresciuta fin dall'infanzia per dedicare la sua vita a Dio, protetta dal mondo esterno e insegnata a rifiutare la famiglia e i propri figli, la sua vita ha preso una svolta drastica a diciassette anni quando è stata bandita. Affrontando il mondo senza risorse o guida, ha intrapreso una carriera straordinaria, scalando le gerarchie aziendali con pura determinazione. Sviluppando passioni per l'opera, il teatro e i viaggi globali, è poi passata a ruoli di testimone esperta e membro del consiglio di amministrazione, dimostrando una profonda resilienza e un percorso di autoscoperta e successo.
""That a writer of Dr. Lewis's scholarly and literary stature should publish more than a dozen books directly or indirectly defending Christianity is news; that his works should have such wide repercussions is still more significant news and merits a second thought. What does it mean when his books become best-sellers? Does the fact indicate anything about the intellectual currents of the present decade? If so, it seems time to examine more closely the exact kind of Christianity and philosophy presented in Dr. Lewis's writings, and the literary techniques that have brought him into the forefront of authors dealing with religious themes."" ""In this book I hope to add something (though not too much) to the scanty supply of biographical information available about Dr. Lewis, but my main concern will be with his ideas, the way he presents them, and the significance of his popularity. "" --from the foreword by the author Chad Walsh (1914-1991) was a poet and teacher who established himself as the American authority on C. S. Lewis with the publication of his C. S. Lewis: Apostle to the Skeptics in 1949. The author of over twenty books, he was professor of English at Beloit College in Wisconsin.
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