num_pages: 288
description: 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 hope. In Looking for Mary , Donofrio offers the universal story about a woman who-in a quest for the Blessed Mother-finds herself.
language: English
title: Looking for Mary: (Or, the Blessed Mother and Me)
titlecomplete: Looking for Mary: (Or, the Blessed Mother and Me) (Compass)
genres: Faith, Biography, Memoir, Christianity, Religion, Catholic, Biography Memoir, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Christian
ratings_count: 913
publisher: Penguin Books