Title: Astonished
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]
Subjects: Catholics, Rape victims, Monasteries, Christianity, Religious life, Rape, Biography, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Catholiques, Biographies, Victimes de viol, Vie religieuse, Viol, Aspect religieux, Christianisme, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Personal Memoirs, Catholics, biography, Pilgrims and pilgrimages, Mexico, biography, Religious aspects
Places: Mexico
People: Beverly Donofrio