This Is Why I Came

by Mary Rakow

Book Overview

A woman sits in prayerful meditation, waiting to offer her first confession in more than thirty years. She holds a small book on her lap, one that she's made, and tells herself again the Bible stories it contains, the ones she has written anew, for herself, each story told aslant, from Jonah to Jesus, Moses to Mary Magdalen. Woven together and stitched by hand, they provide a new version, virtually a new translation, of the heart of this ancient and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619025752
• ISBN13: 9781619025752
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"