Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium

by Myrna Kostash

A deep-seated questioning of her inherited religion resurfaces when Myrna Kostash chances upon the icon of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica. A historical, cultural and spiritual odyssey that begins in Edmonton, ranges around the Balkans, and plunges into a renewed vision of Byzantium in search of the Great Saint of the East delivers the author to an unexpected place-the threshold of her childhood church. An epic work of travel memoir, Prodigal Daughter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0888645341
• ISBN13: 9780888645340
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"