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Looking for Mary: (Or, the Blessed Mother and Me) (Compass) - Beverly Donofrio, Jorge Alberto Asato Espana
Looking for Mary: (Or, the Blessed Mother and Me) (Compass)
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Entering her fortieth year, Beverly Donofrio, a "lapsed Catholic," inexplicably begins collecting Virgin Mary memorabilia at yard sales. Her search for kitsch, however, soon becomes a spiritual quest, leading her to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medjugorje. There, she learns that Mary... show more
Entering her fortieth year, Beverly Donofrio, a "lapsed Catholic," inexplicably begins collecting Virgin Mary memorabilia at yard sales. Her search for kitsch, however, soon becomes a spiritual quest, leading her to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Medjugorje. There, she learns that Mary comes into your life only when pride steps out and receives a bonus: hope. In Looking for Mary, Donofrio offers the universal story about a woman who-in a quest for the Blessed Mother-finds herself.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780140196276 (0140196277)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
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3.0 Looking for Mary: (Or, the Blessed Mother and Me) (Compass)
One of the things I like about Donofrio is that she makes me look like a good mother by comparison. In this memoir about her obsession with Mary, mother of Jesus, she's no less self-absorbed or narcissistic than she was in Riding in Cars with Boys. She still doesn't have a lot of clues, but to her c...
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