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Armstrong, Karen, 1944-

The spiral staircase : my climb out of darkness / Karen Armstrong. - 1st Anchor Books ed. - New York : Anchor Books, 2005. - xxii, 305 p. ; 21 cm.

Originally published: New York : A. A. Knopf, 2004.

T. S. Eliot, Ash-Wednesday, I Ash Wednesday The Devil of the Stairs I Renounce the Blessed Face Consequently I Rejoice Desiring This Man's Gift and That Man's Scope The Usual Reign Infirm Glory To Turn Again xxi -- 1 3 -- 2 46 -- 3 78 -- 4 120 -- 5 159 -- 6 192 -- 7 224 -- 8 264.

The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.

ISBN: 0385721277 (pbk.) 9780385721271 (pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Armstrong, Karen, 1944-

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ex-nuns--Biography.

LC Class. No.: BX4668.3.A75 / A3 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 200/.92 921 / Armstrong