TY  - BOOK
AU  - Manning,Martha
TI  - Chasing grace: reflections of a Catholic girl, grown up 
SN  - 0062513125 (pbk.) :
U1  - 282/.092B 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - San Francisco
PB  - HarperSanFrancisco
KW  - Manning, Martha.
KW  - Catholics
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Ex-church members
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Psychotherapists
N2  - 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
ER  -