Astonished
Subtitle: a story of evil, blessings, grace, and solace
By: Beverly Donofrio
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780670025756
Subjects: Catholics; Rape victims; Monasteries; Christianity; Religious life; Rape; Biography; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Description: In the middle of her vibrant Mexican town, amid good friends, margaritas at sunset, salsa, yoga, mariachis, even before the rapist arrived, a midlife crisis had been brewing. Failed relationships, worn-out dreams, and wavering religous beliefs had tinged her life with despair, flat-lined it to gray. No longer sustained by the religious practices that had nourished her for years, she missed God and had been searching on the Internet for a monastery she might join. Now, as the worst thing imaginable happened, she turned to prayer. - from cover p.[2]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-224).