Simple Gifts

Lessons in Living from a Shaker Village

Autori

• June Sprigg

Parametri

• 240 pagine
• 9 ore di lettura

• Autobiografie e memorie
• Biografie e pensieri
• Esoterismo e religione
• Religione
• Saggistica

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Focusing on the lives of seven remarkable women from one of America's last Shaker communities, the narrative explores their experiences at Canterbury Shaker Village during its twilight years. The author, June Sprigg, shares her transformative summer spent with them, intertwining their stories with the broader history of the Shaker movement in America. Through this personal journey, Sprigg reflects on how these encounters influenced her own life and sparked her creativity, offering a poignant glimpse into a unique communal utopian society.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 1999

(In brossura)