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The mermaid chair The mermaid chair Sue Monk Kidd Inside the abbey of a Benedictine monastery on tiny Egret Island, just off the coast of South Carolina, resides a beautiful and mysterious chair ornately carved with mermaids and dedicated to a saint… OL15398004W
Ya-Yas in Bloom Ya-Yas in Bloom Wells, Rebecca På deres gamle dage i Louisianan vender de fire veninder, Teensy, Caro, Vivi og Necie = the Ya-ya sisterhood, deres 60 års ægteskab, børneopdragelse og familiernes hårrejsende hemmeligheder OL15434825W
The mermaid chair The mermaid chair Sue Monk Kidd It's about a woman named Jessie Sullivan who has to return to her former home Egret island to take care of her mother. Within a monastery resides a chair carved with mermaids that supposedly was ded… OL15798448W
Style, sex, & substance Style, sex, & substance Hallie Lord Presents ten essays by Catholic women bloggers who discuss their personal experiences and perspectives on growing in the Catholic faith and building a stronger relationship with Christ. OL16639925W
The girls club The girls club Sally Bellerose " ... for Catholic working class girls like Marie, Renee, and Cora Rose LaBarre, sisterhood is a word that covers a multitude of attitudes. They're best friends, worst enemies, greatest supporters an… OL17710220W
Changing Habits (Mira) Changing Habits (Mira) Debbie Macomber They were sisters once. In a more innocent time, three girls enter the convent. Angelina, Kathleen and Joanna come from very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common—the desire to … OL1911367W
Changing Habits Changing Habits Debbie Macomber They were sisters once.In a more innocent time, three girls enter the convent. Angelina, Kathleen and Joanna come from very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common—the desire to join… OL1911555W
Ya-Yas in bloom Ya-Yas in bloom Wells, Rebecca For readers everywhere who are ga-ga for the Ya-Yas and clamoring for more and for those who are lucky enough to be discovering the Ya-Yas for the first time, comes a new book about the incomparable … OL1922963W
Secret Life of Evie Hamilton Secret Life of Evie Hamilton Catherine Alliott 445 pages ; 21 cm OL19397747W
Autobiography of Madame Guyon Autobiography of Madame Guyon Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon,Marie-Louise Gondal Madame Guyon was a French noblewoman who was born in an unprincipled time fated to its corruption. She grew up in a church as licentious as the world in which it was established: spiritually desponde… OL2298249W
Breakfast with the pope Breakfast with the pope Susan Vigilante Vigilante's marriage is hanging by a thread, her career is stalled, the nursery is still empty, and her two best friends are about to be captured by the convent and the Communists respectively. Vigil… OL24251949W
Into the paradox Into the paradox Toni A. H. McNaron "As a practicing Catholic and feminist scholar, Toni McNaron embraces the seemingly unresolvable and accepts the inherent paradox arising from her preference for conservative spiritual practices whil… OL24272144W
Crawfish dreams Crawfish dreams Nancy Rawles "The uplifting story of a woman who cooks up a plan to bring her family back together and discovers that love, sharing, and a dash of daring are the secret ingredients that can turn dreams into reali… OL2705042W
The Rosary Girls The Rosary Girls Richard Montanari A devious serial killer lays siege to the city of Philadelphia, brutally sacrificing pretty young Catholic girls on the altar of insanity. As the body count rises, an exceptional investigating partne… OL2707443W
The Privilege of Being a Woman The Privilege of Being a Woman Alice Von Hildebrand Women historically have been denigrated as lower than men or viewed as privileged. Dr. Alice von Hildebrand characterizes the difference between such views as based on whether man's vision is secular… OL3070533W
Month of Mary - Queen of France Month of Mary - Queen of France Marin de Boylesve After the success of his publication “The Blessed Virgin According to the Gospels”, Fr. Marin de Boylesve, S.J. (1813-1892) wrote a new set of thirty-one meditations in her honour: “Month of Ma… OL35267058W
Convergence Convergence Judith Bruder 229 p. ; 22 cm OL4298421W
Crossing Highbridge Crossing Highbridge Maureen Waters "Maureen Waters began writing about the Bronx in the spirit of dinnseachas, Irish place lore, as a means of recuperating from the accidental death of her son, whose story frames her own. Finding her … OL5591534W
Mistress of the Vatican Mistress of the Vatican Eleanor Herman "We have just elected a female pope." —Cardinal Alessandro Bichi, 1644 Today's Roman Catholic Church firmly states that women must be excluded from church leadership positions, but they neglect to me… OL5724490W
Seeking wholeness Seeking wholeness Marie Evans Bouclin "Helps women and men, victims and non-victims, to understand and act against sexual abuse and the abuse of power"--Provided by publisher. OL5827172W
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