Manning, Martha
Chasing grace : reflections of a Catholic girl, grown up / Martha Manning - 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed - San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c1996. - xiv, 225 p. ; 21 cm
From the author of the "absolutely absorbing" (USA Today) memoir Undercurrents comes an unforgettable portrait of childhood, family and community. The eldest child of a devout Irish-American Catholic family, Martha Manning weaves her story around the seven holy sacraments: baptism, penance, communion, confirmation, holy orders, marriage and last rites. She recalls her childhood pratfalls, adolescent yearnings and entrance into motherhood with wisdom, wit and remarkable honesty. At once poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Chasing Grace is a wholly original tale of family and friends, happy times and difficult ones -- and thepainful, joyous journey from childhood to adulthood.
0062513125 (pbk.) : $10.00 ($14.00 Can.)
96006773
Manning, Martha.
Catholics--United States--Biography.
Ex-church members--Catholic Church--Biography.
Psychotherapists--United States--Biography.
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Chasing grace : reflections of a Catholic girl, grown up / Martha Manning - 1st HarperCollins pbk. ed - San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, c1996. - xiv, 225 p. ; 21 cm
From the author of the "absolutely absorbing" (USA Today) memoir Undercurrents comes an unforgettable portrait of childhood, family and community. The eldest child of a devout Irish-American Catholic family, Martha Manning weaves her story around the seven holy sacraments: baptism, penance, communion, confirmation, holy orders, marriage and last rites. She recalls her childhood pratfalls, adolescent yearnings and entrance into motherhood with wisdom, wit and remarkable honesty. At once poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Chasing Grace is a wholly original tale of family and friends, happy times and difficult ones -- and thepainful, joyous journey from childhood to adulthood.
0062513125 (pbk.) : $10.00 ($14.00 Can.)
96006773
Manning, Martha.
Catholics--United States--Biography.
Ex-church members--Catholic Church--Biography.
Psychotherapists--United States--Biography.
282/.092 B