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📿 Nun Memoirs

Intimate accounts of life behind convent walls — the devotion, doubt, discipline, and unexpected humanity found within religious vocation.
Wake Up With Purpose!
by Jean Dolores Schmidt • 2023
Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.
4.17
3k+
👵 Aging Gracefully📚 Lifelong Learning😄 Resilience And Humor
Wake Up With Purpose! Summary
Wake Up With Purpose! 92%
Fame arrived at 98; wisdom took a century. A nun on purpose, joy, and staying alive.
by Jean Dolores Schmidt 2023
4.17
3k+ ratings
👵 Aging Gracefully📚 Lifelong Learning😄 Resilience And Humor
The Spiral Staircase
by Karen Armstrong • 2004
A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.
3.94
9k+
🌑 Faith Crisis📚 Comparative Religion✍️ Spiritual Memoir
The Spiral Staircase Summary
The Spiral Staircase 91%
A failed nun, an undiagnosed brain disorder, and the world religions that rebuilt her faith.
by Karen Armstrong 2004
3.94
9k+ ratings
🌑 Faith Crisis📚 Comparative Religion✍️ Spiritual Memoir
In Good Company
by James Martin • 2000
He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.
4.30
381
📿 Catholic Memoirs🙏 Ignacian Spirituality✝️ Vocation Discernment
In Good Company Summary
In Good Company 91%
He traded a corporate salary for a mop at Mother Teresa's, and found what he'd been missing.
by James Martin 2000
4.30
381 ratings
📿 Catholic Memoirs🙏 Ignacian Spirituality✝️ Vocation Discernment
Cave in the Snow
by Vicki Mackenzie • 1998
Six years into her cave retreat, a blizzard buried her alive. She stayed six more.
4.29
3k+
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism🧘‍♀️ Buddhist Nuns📖 Spiritual Biography
Cave in the Snow Summary
Cave in the Snow 91%
Six years into her cave retreat, a blizzard buried her alive. She stayed six more.
by Vicki Mackenzie 1998
4.29
3k+ ratings
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism🧘‍♀️ Buddhist Nuns📖 Spiritual Biography
My Sisters the Saints
by Colleen Carroll Campbell • 2012
Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.
4.35
4k+
📖 Spiritual Memoir🙏 Catholic Spirituality✨ Communion Of Saints
My Sisters the Saints Summary
My Sisters the Saints 91%
Infertility, a father's dementia, a stalled career: the six women saints who walked her through.
by Colleen Carroll Campbell 2012
4.35
4k+ ratings
📖 Spiritual Memoir🙏 Catholic Spirituality✨ Communion Of Saints
Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux
by Thérèse of Lisieux • 2007
Sainthood without heroics: a young French nun discovered holiness in ordinary acts of love.
4.17
12
🕊️ Spiritual Memoir⛪ Carmelite Spirituality💒 Catholic Saints
Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux Summary
Autobiography of a saint, Thérèse of Lisieux 90%
Sainthood without heroics: a young French nun discovered holiness in ordinary acts of love.
by Thérèse of Lisieux 2007
4.17
12 ratings
🕊️ Spiritual Memoir⛪ Carmelite Spirituality💒 Catholic Saints
Bad Habits
by Jenny McCarthy • 2012
Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.
3.61
2k+
⛪ Catholic Upbringing🔨 Religious Deconstruction😰 Catholic Guilt
Bad Habits Summary
Bad Habits 90%
Catholic schoolgirl. Playboy model. Mom. One woman's escape from the faith that raised her.
by Jenny McCarthy 2012
3.61
2k+ ratings
⛪ Catholic Upbringing🔨 Religious Deconstruction😰 Catholic Guilt
The Seven Storey Mountain
by Thomas Merton • 1948
Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.
4.08
21k+
🕯️ Catholic Conversion📖 Spiritual Autobiography🧠 Intellectual Conversion
The Seven Storey Mountain Summary
The Seven Storey Mountain 90%
Pleasure, communism, literary fame: all failed him. A silent monastery in Kentucky did not.
by Thomas Merton 1948
4.08
21k+ ratings
🕯️ Catholic Conversion📖 Spiritual Autobiography🧠 Intellectual Conversion
The Long Loneliness
by Dorothy Day • 1952
From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.
4.02
6k+
✝️ Radical Catholicism✊ Faith And Activism🏘️ Intentional Community
The Long Loneliness Summary
The Long Loneliness 90%
From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.
by Dorothy Day 1952
4.02
6k+ ratings
✝️ Radical Catholicism✊ Faith And Activism🏘️ Intentional Community
Hope
by Pope Francis • 2025
His family narrowly escaped a shipwreck: the pope on why mercy and memory build a future.
4.33
5k+
🕯️ Spiritual Autobiography✝️ Catholic Social Teaching🙏 Jesuit Spirituality
Hope Summary
Hope 90%
His family narrowly escaped a shipwreck: the pope on why mercy and memory build a future.
by Pope Francis 2025
4.33
5k+ ratings
🕯️ Spiritual Autobiography✝️ Catholic Social Teaching🙏 Jesuit Spirituality
Something Beautiful for God
by Malcolm Muggeridge • 1971
When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.
4.00
2k+
😇 Catholic Saints🌍 Missionary Work🤲 Faith In Action
Something Beautiful for God Summary
Something Beautiful for God 90%
When a cynical journalist met Mother Teresa, he discovered that holiness photographs.
by Malcolm Muggeridge 1971
4.00
2k+ ratings
😇 Catholic Saints🌍 Missionary Work🤲 Faith In Action
Girl at the End of the World
by Elizabeth Esther • 2014
Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.
4.02
2k+
🧱 Cult Memoirs🕊️ Religious Trauma⛪ Spiritual Abuse
Girl at the End of the World Summary
Girl at the End of the World 90%
Her grandfather's cult taught her the world was ending. Motherhood taught her otherwise.
by Elizabeth Esther 2014
4.02
2k+ ratings
🧱 Cult Memoirs🕊️ Religious Trauma⛪ Spiritual Abuse
Kisses from Katie
by Katie Davis Majors • 2011
A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.
4.4
35k+
👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care🌍 Serving The Poor✝️ Radical Faith
Kisses from Katie Summary
Kisses from Katie 90%
A short Uganda mission trip at eighteen: she never left, adopting thirteen daughters instead.
by Katie Davis Majors 2011
4.4
35k+ ratings
👩‍👧‍👧 Orphan Care🌍 Serving The Poor✝️ Radical Faith
Good Time Girl
by Heather Gay • 2024
Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.
3.57
4k+
⛪ Mormon Memoir💔 Religious Deconstruction📺 Reality Tv Memoir
Good Time Girl Summary
Good Time Girl 90%
Branded a party girl by her church, she turned the accusation into her freedom.
by Heather Gay 2024
3.57
4k+ ratings
⛪ Mormon Memoir💔 Religious Deconstruction📺 Reality Tv Memoir
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
by Donald Miller • 2009
You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.
4.13
32k+
📖 Narrative Identity✝️ Christian Memoir🔄 Life Transitions
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Summary
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years 90%
You're the protagonist of a story you're not writing. The screenwriter's rules for changing that.
by Donald Miller 2009
4.13
32k+ ratings
📖 Narrative Identity✝️ Christian Memoir🔄 Life Transitions
Gladys Aylward
by Gladys Aylward • 1970
A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.
4.39
5k+
🎒 Missionary Memoirs🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry🔥 Enduring Persecution
Gladys Aylward Summary
Gladys Aylward 89%
A British parlormaid rejected by every missionary society saves her money and walks to China anyway.
by Gladys Aylward 1970
4.39
5k+ ratings
🎒 Missionary Memoirs🌏 Cross-Cultural Ministry🔥 Enduring Persecution
The Irrational Season
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1976
Why a fragmented self finds wholeness only by embracing the darkness and an impossible God.
4.19
2k+
📖 Spiritual Memoirs✝️ Contemplative Christianity🤔 Paradox And Faith
The Irrational Season Summary
The Irrational Season 89%
Why a fragmented self finds wholeness only by embracing the darkness and an impossible God.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1976
4.19
2k+ ratings
📖 Spiritual Memoirs✝️ Contemplative Christianity🤔 Paradox And Faith
Tramp for the Lord
by Corrie ten Boom • 1971
She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.
4.50
26k+
🕯️ Holocaust Survivors🧳 Missionary Memoir🫂 Radical Forgiveness
Tramp for the Lord Summary
Tramp for the Lord 89%
She survived Ravensbrück and traveled the world. Then a former camp guard reached out his hand.
by Corrie ten Boom 1971
4.50
26k+ ratings
🕯️ Holocaust Survivors🧳 Missionary Memoir🫂 Radical Forgiveness
Re-Sisters
by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
3.69
143
🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers✊ Feminist Biography🙏 Medieval Mysticism
Re-Sisters Summary
Re-Sisters 89%
An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.
by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022
3.69
143 ratings
🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers✊ Feminist Biography🙏 Medieval Mysticism
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1974
One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.
4.16
3k+
🏠 Family Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir👵 Aging Parents
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother Summary
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother 89%
One summer, her ninety-year-old mother forgot her. Four generations in one house. No one was ready.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1974
4.16
3k+ ratings
🏠 Family Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir👵 Aging Parents
Surprised by Joy
by C.S. Lewis • 1955
One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.
4.06
70k+
🕯️ Spiritual Memoir✝️ Conversion Narratives📖 Literary Memoir
Surprised by Joy Summary
Surprised by Joy 89%
One desire no pleasure could satisfy broke C.S. Lewis's atheism.
by C.S. Lewis 1955
4.06
70k+ ratings
🕯️ Spiritual Memoir✝️ Conversion Narratives📖 Literary Memoir
The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios
by Dionysios Farasiotis • 2002
Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.
4.49
1k+
🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy⚖️ Comparative Religion📖 Spiritual Memoir
The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios Summary
The Gurus, the Young Man, and Elder Paisios 89%
Yoga gave him power. Gurus gave him terror. A Greek monk gave him back his soul.
by Dionysios Farasiotis 2002
4.49
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Eastern Orthodoxy⚖️ Comparative Religion📖 Spiritual Memoir
The Little Locksmith
by Katharine Butler Hathaway • 1943
A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.
3.67
1k+
🩻 Disability Memoir✍️ Writing Life🦴 Embodied Difference
The Little Locksmith Summary
The Little Locksmith 89%
A bedridden girl, a visibly different woman: she bought a Maine house and rebuilt herself.
by Katharine Butler Hathaway 1943
3.67
1k+ ratings
🩻 Disability Memoir✍️ Writing Life🦴 Embodied Difference
Bad Mormon
by Heather Gay • 2023
A devout Mormon wife discovers that perfect obedience cannot save her marriage or her soul.
3.51
35k+
🎬 Celebrity Memoir⛪ Religious Deconstruction🏔️ Mormon Culture
Bad Mormon Summary
Bad Mormon 89%
A devout Mormon wife discovers that perfect obedience cannot save her marriage or her soul.
by Heather Gay 2023
3.51
35k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Memoir⛪ Religious Deconstruction🏔️ Mormon Culture
A Well-Trained Wife
by Tia Levings • 2024
She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.
4.28
38k+
💔 Religious Trauma⛓️ Patriarchal Religion🙏 Spiritual Abuse
A Well-Trained Wife Summary
A Well-Trained Wife 89%
She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.
by Tia Levings 2024
4.28
38k+ ratings
💔 Religious Trauma⛓️ Patriarchal Religion🙏 Spiritual Abuse
Praying for Strangers
by River Jordan • 2011
One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.
4.09
704
✝️ Christian Memoir🧪 Spiritual Experiments🤝 Stranger Connection
Praying for Strangers Summary
Praying for Strangers 89%
One year of praying for a stranger each day: how an introvert rewired her heart.
by River Jordan 2011
4.09
704 ratings
✝️ Christian Memoir🧪 Spiritual Experiments🤝 Stranger Connection
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe
by Simone Arnold Liebster • 2000
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
4.72
2k+
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe Summary
Facing the Lion - Memoirs of a Young Girl in Nazi Europe 89%
Refused the Nazi salute at twelve. Reform school. Parents to camps. Then she chose to forgive.
by Simone Arnold Liebster 2000
4.72
2k+ ratings
📖 Holocaust Memoirs🚩 Nazi Occupation🙏 Religious Persecution
All My Knotted-Up Life
by Beth Moore • 2023
Abused at eleven by her father. Driven out at sixty by her church. Beth Moore connects the dots.
4.43
46k+
🕊️ Evangelical Memoir🏛️ Church Abuse🚺 Women In Ministry
All My Knotted-Up Life Summary
All My Knotted-Up Life 89%
Abused at eleven by her father. Driven out at sixty by her church. Beth Moore connects the dots.
by Beth Moore 2023
4.43
46k+ ratings
🕊️ Evangelical Memoir🏛️ Church Abuse🚺 Women In Ministry
Packing Light
by Allison Vesterfelt • 2013
How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.
3.68
1k+
🙏 Faith Memoir✈️ Travel Narrative🕯️ Simplicity
Packing Light Summary
Packing Light 89%
How a cross-country trip with just a suitcase taught her to trade worry for wonder.
by Allison Vesterfelt 2013
3.68
1k+ ratings
🙏 Faith Memoir✈️ Travel Narrative🕯️ Simplicity
Escape
by Carolyn Jessop • 2007
Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.
3.99
47k+
🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism🔗 Polygamous Sects🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape
Escape Summary
Escape 89%
Forced into polygamy at eighteen. Fifteen years and eight children later, she fled with all of them.
by Carolyn Jessop 2007
3.99
47k+ ratings
🐝 Mormon Fundamentalism🔗 Polygamous Sects🏃‍♀️ Cult Escape
Strangers to the City
by Michael Casey • 2005
Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.
4.29
148
🏛️ Monastic Spirituality🙏 Religious Life🌱 Spiritual Formation
Strangers to the City Summary
Strangers to the City 89%
Benedict's ancient rule transforms self-denial into a path to freedom and deeper love.
by Michael Casey 2005
4.29
148 ratings
🏛️ Monastic Spirituality🙏 Religious Life🌱 Spiritual Formation
Old Rage
by Sheila Hancock • 2022
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
4.06
984
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary
Old Rage Summary
Old Rage 89%
Sheila Hancock, 89, plans her funeral, rages at Brexit, and finds the pandemic strangely stoic.
by Sheila Hancock 2022
4.06
984 ratings
🇬🇧 British Memoirs🎭 Celebrity Memoirs🗳️ Political Commentary
Adam
by Henri J.M. Nouwen • 1997
Your value isn't in your productivity; the fragile carry the deepest wisdom.
4.33
1k+
📖 Spiritual Memoir♿ Disability Spirituality💪 Strength In Weakness
Adam Summary
Adam 89%
Your value isn't in your productivity; the fragile carry the deepest wisdom.
by Henri J.M. Nouwen 1997
4.33
1k+ ratings
📖 Spiritual Memoir♿ Disability Spirituality💪 Strength In Weakness
Aflame
by Pico Iyer • 2025
Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.
3.79
1k+
🏔️ Monastic Spirituality🤫 Silence And Solitude🔥 Impermanence
Aflame Summary
Aflame 89%
Fire took everything. In a monastery above the Pacific, he found what silence returns.
by Pico Iyer 2025
3.79
1k+ ratings
🏔️ Monastic Spirituality🤫 Silence And Solitude🔥 Impermanence
Rome Sweet Home
by Scott Hahn • 1993
A Presbyterian minister set out to prove Catholicism wrong and studied his way into it instead.
4.43
13k+
🕊️ Conversion Memoirs📖 Catholic Apologetics✝️ Protestant To Catholic
Rome Sweet Home Summary
Rome Sweet Home 89%
A Presbyterian minister set out to prove Catholicism wrong and studied his way into it instead.
by Scott Hahn 1993
4.43
13k+ ratings
🕊️ Conversion Memoirs📖 Catholic Apologetics✝️ Protestant To Catholic
In the Presence of My Enemies
by Gracia Burnham • 2003
Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.
4.30
8k+
🎒 Missionary Memoirs🔗 Hostage Survival✝️ Faith Under Persecution
In the Presence of My Enemies Summary
In the Presence of My Enemies 89%
Captured by Abu Sayyaf on their 18th anniversary, she survived 376 days. Her husband did not.
by Gracia Burnham 2003
4.30
8k+ ratings
🎒 Missionary Memoirs🔗 Hostage Survival✝️ Faith Under Persecution
Traveling Mercies
by Anne Lamott • 1999
Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.
4.14
49k+
✝️ Spiritual Memoir💔 Messy Spirituality🪜 Twelve Step Recovery
Traveling Mercies Summary
Traveling Mercies 89%
Faith for people who swear, drink too much, and can't stomach Sunday school answers.
by Anne Lamott 1999
4.14
49k+ ratings
✝️ Spiritual Memoir💔 Messy Spirituality🪜 Twelve Step Recovery
The Sound of Gravel
by Ruth Wariner • 2016
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
4.31
68k+
🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism⛪ Religious Extremism🧒 Childhood Survival
The Sound of Gravel Summary
The Sound of Gravel 89%
A polygamist prophet's thirty-ninth child: poverty, abuse, her father's murder, and the long escape.
by Ruth Wariner 2016
4.31
68k+ ratings
🏜️ Mormon Fundamentalism⛪ Religious Extremism🧒 Childhood Survival
Gay Girl, Good God
by Jackie Hill Perry • 2018
A lesbian poet heard God. He wasn't calling her to be straight.
4.36
27k+
✝️ Christian Testimony🔄 Sexual Identity🔥 Sanctification
Gay Girl, Good God Summary
Gay Girl, Good God 89%
A lesbian poet heard God. He wasn't calling her to be straight.
by Jackie Hill Perry 2018
4.36
27k+ ratings
✝️ Christian Testimony🔄 Sexual Identity🔥 Sanctification
Holy Envy
by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019
A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.
4.39
6k+
☸️ Interfaith Dialogue📚 Comparative Religion🕊️ Spiritual Memoir
Holy Envy Summary
Holy Envy 89%
A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.
by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019
4.39
6k+ ratings
☸️ Interfaith Dialogue📚 Comparative Religion🕊️ Spiritual Memoir
The In-Between
by Jeff Goins • 2013
Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.
3.75
750
📖 Spiritual Memoir⏳ Waiting As Growth🧘 Contemplative Living
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 89%
Your life isn't delayed. The waiting itself is the beginning of everything that matters.
by Jeff Goins 2013
3.75
750 ratings
📖 Spiritual Memoir⏳ Waiting As Growth🧘 Contemplative Living
Prisoners of Hope
by Dayna Curry • 2002
Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.
3.99
2k+
🕊️ Missionary Memoirs🔒 Captivity Narratives🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan
Prisoners of Hope Summary
Prisoners of Hope 89%
Arrested by the Taliban for their faith. Then the towers fell, and the bombing began.
by Dayna Curry 2002
3.99
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Missionary Memoirs🔒 Captivity Narratives🇦🇫 Women In Afghanistan
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set
by Tara Westover • 2023
A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.
4.34
360
⛪ Religious Extremism📚 Self-Education💔 Family Estrangement
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary
Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 89%
A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.
by Tara Westover 2023
4.34
360 ratings
⛪ Religious Extremism📚 Self-Education💔 Family Estrangement
Little Angels
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo • 2005
Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.
3.94
135
🧘 Thai Buddhism🏯 Buddhist Monasticism📿 Monastic Life
Little Angels Summary
Little Angels 89%
Most Thai novice monks did not choose the monastery. Hunger chose for them.
by Phra Peter Pannapadipo 2005
3.94
135 ratings
🧘 Thai Buddhism🏯 Buddhist Monasticism📿 Monastic Life
The Silent Life
by Thomas Merton • 1957
What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.
4.06
192
⛪ Catholic Monasticism🙏 Contemplative Spirituality🤫 Silence And Solitude
The Silent Life Summary
The Silent Life 89%
What four monastic orders discovered by stripping life to silence: a Trappist's survey.
by Thomas Merton 1957
4.06
192 ratings
⛪ Catholic Monasticism🙏 Contemplative Spirituality🤫 Silence And Solitude
A Circle of Quiet
by Madeleine L'Engle • 1971
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
4.21
7k+
🖊️ Writing Life🙏 Contemplative Faith🎨 Creative Process
A Circle of Quiet Summary
A Circle of Quiet 89%
A farmhouse, a brook, an hour of silence: what a writer found when she finally stopped.
by Madeleine L'Engle 1971
4.21
7k+ ratings
🖊️ Writing Life🙏 Contemplative Faith🎨 Creative Process
Peace Pilgrim
by Peace Pilgrim • 1983
She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.
4.25
749
🕊️ Spiritual Memoir✌️ Nonviolence🌿 Simple Living
Peace Pilgrim Summary
Peace Pilgrim 89%
She walked 25,000 miles for peace, carrying no money, one tunic, and a single prayer.
by Peace Pilgrim 1983
4.25
749 ratings
🕊️ Spiritual Memoir✌️ Nonviolence🌿 Simple Living
This Beautiful Truth
by Sarah Clarkson • 2021
Her OCD demanded answers. God offered a sunset, a strawberry feast, and her mother's arms.
4.51
2k+
📖 Christian Memoir🧠 Mental Illness Memoir🙏 Suffering And Faith
This Beautiful Truth Summary
This Beautiful Truth 89%
Her OCD demanded answers. God offered a sunset, a strawberry feast, and her mother's arms.
by Sarah Clarkson 2021
4.51
2k+ ratings
📖 Christian Memoir🧠 Mental Illness Memoir🙏 Suffering And Faith
Solitude
by Terry Waite • 2017
Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.
3.78
108
🧘 Solitude And Isolation🕯️ Memoir And Reflection⛓️ Captivity Narratives
Solitude Summary
Solitude 89%
Solitude can crush or transform. A former hostage maps its extremes, from Beirut to the deathbed.
by Terry Waite 2017
3.78
108 ratings
🧘 Solitude And Isolation🕯️ Memoir And Reflection⛓️ Captivity Narratives
Take This Bread
by Sara Miles • 2007
An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.
4.00
5k+
🥖 Food And Faith⛪ Progressive Christianity🚪 Radical Hospitality
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An atheist war reporter walked into a church for communion and came out a food-pantry revolutionary.
by Sara Miles 2007
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🥖 Food And Faith⛪ Progressive Christianity🚪 Radical Hospitality
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