An absorbing memoir of one woman's childhood in Christian Science, and her search for faith despite the evidence of doubt. She was told that there was no sickness or pain that prayer could not cure, yet she watched in bewilderment as her mother was stricken with cancer. Starting from the time that her mother fell sick, went mad, attempted suicide, and died ashamed, Wilson's life became a crisis of faith. Both a beautiful story of childhood and loss and an astute survey for the universal need for faith, Barbara Wilson's ...
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An absorbing memoir of one woman's childhood in Christian Science, and her search for faith despite the evidence of doubt. She was told that there was no sickness or pain that prayer could not cure, yet she watched in bewilderment as her mother was stricken with cancer. Starting from the time that her mother fell sick, went mad, attempted suicide, and died ashamed, Wilson's life became a crisis of faith. Both a beautiful story of childhood and loss and an astute survey for the universal need for faith, Barbara Wilson's memoir will affirm and challenge every reader's search for spirituality.
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