No turning back
Subtitle: two nuns' battle with the Vatican over women's right to choose
By: Barbara Ferraro, Patricia Hussey with Jane O'Reilly.
Contributors: Hussey, Patricia,  1949-; O'Reilly, Jane.
Publisher: Poseidon Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
Subjects: Ferraro, Barbara.; Hussey, Patricia,  -- 1949-; Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur  -- United States  -- History  -- 20th century.; Catholic Church  -- United States  -- History  -- 1965-; Catholic Church  -- Doctrines  -- Controversial literature.; Nuns -- United States -- Biography.; Ex-nuns  -- United States  -- Biography.; Abortion  -- Religious aspects  -- Catholic Church.; Abortion  -- United States  -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Freedom of speech in the church.; Feminism  -- Religious aspects  -- Catholic Church.; Women in the Catholic Church  -- United States.
Description: Here is a moving and fascinating profile in courage, a compelling drama of committed women tunneling out from under dogma and denial toward enlightenment and adult responsibility. Brilliantly told by two heroic, sympathetic, and intensely contemporary women.