A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister - Softcover

Mars, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974207454 ISBN 13: 9780974207452

Publisher: Greycore Pr, 2005

Synopsis

A MONTH OF SUNDAYS is about the seven months that the author spent as her dying sister's primary caretaker, and after her sister died, the 31 houses of worship that she visited in 31 weeks in her hope of finding an outlet for her grief and getting some answers to spiritual questions. Her houses of worship include traditional churches, mosques, temples, Buddhist, Zen, Spiritualist, Scientology, Salvation Army, and so forth.

About this title

About the Author:

Julie Mars is the recipient of the NYS Council on the Arts Grant in Screenwriting, the NJ Council on the Arts Grant in Fiction, and the Cone Fellowship for Literary Criticism. She lives and teaches in Albuquerque, NM. Her novel, THE SECRET KEEPERS, was published by GreyCore in 2000.

Review:

"Beautiful, shining with pathos and humor, sung with unwavering honesty. I was completely caught by it." -- Rocco Lo Bosco, BUDDHA WEPT

"Beguiling... a work of stinging honesty that is difficult to put down." -- Jennifer Egan, LOOK AT ME

"Mars gives a revealing portrait of religious feeling in this country--something most progressive commentators and literati are woefully ignorant of.." -- —Michael Ventura, author of LETTERS AT 3AM Michael Ventura, author of LETTERS AT 3AM

"Riveting... all the makings of a classic story of pilgrimage told with candor, humor and a sense of adventure." -- Richard Selzer, LETTERS TO A YOUNG DOCTOR

"Uniquely authentic... The deep intuition and quiet listening to different spiritual world views were integrated in a most skillful manner.." -- --Stephen Levine, UNATTENDED SORROW --Stephen Levine, UNATTENDED SORROW Stephen Levine, UNATTENDED SORROW

About this edition

• Publisher: Greycore Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0974207454
• ISBN 13: 9780974207452
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208