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The Red Skirt Memoirs of an Ex Nun

by Patricia O'Donnell-Gibson · 2011

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A nine-year-old girl in a Catholic school feels, after a visiting missionary speaks to her class, that God may be calling her to a religious life. The thought stays with her through childhood and into her teenage years, and as an adult she decides to join a convent. This memoir follows the five years she lived as a member of a religious order, a period spent pulled between her wish for an ordinary secular life and her fear of turning away from what she believes is a divine summons. The author recounts moments that are painful and moments that are joyful, presenting her faith journey with candour and honesty.

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adult
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medium · 349 pages

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