A Light Will Rise in Darkness: Growing Up Black and Catholic in New Orleans

By Jo Anne Tardy

Most spiritual memoirs are written by religious professionals. The American Catholic Experience series is an innovative new collection of books exploring the stories of individual Catholics in the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879463163
• ISBN13: 9780879463168
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: ACTA Publications
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Very nice memoir

A Light Will Rise in Darkness: Growing Up Black and Catholic in New Orleans (American Catholic Experience) JoAnne Tardy & I went to high school & college together. Her book brought back so many memories-good ones, for me-and they are true and not embellished, like some memoirs are. She describes the nuns & New Orleans so well for that time period in which we were so lucky to grow, with neighbors and community to care about you. My 97 y/o mother read the book also, and was delighted, as she had to leave her home in New Orleans after the hurricane. Also she knew some of the people named in the book, which gave her a lot of pleasure. Congratulations, JoAnne.

Intimate portrait of growing up in New Orleans

Jo Anne Tardy paints an intimate portrait of her childhood in New Orleans. Her descriptions make the reader feel as though they were with her as she worked for the nuns. A very informative and interesting read.