Mark Salzman's Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman's soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power-and price-of faith.
Mark Salzman's Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman's soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power-and price-of faith.
Anyone who likes boats, beaches, birthday wishes, and marine animal secrets will enjoy this book! Original.
As a fine novelist, critic and biographer Catherine Carswell led a passionate and various life, full of intellectual commitment and a wide range of social interests.
The work of Belgian artist and photographer Geert Goiris straddles a liminal position between landscape and still life.
Joseph delivered the retiring sentence for the evening , chosen from the next day's liturgy : Will your wonders be known in the dark or your justice in the land of oblivion ? Sister Helen lay awake in the perfect stillness for hours .
For if her spiritual gifts are symptoms of illness rather than grace, will a "cure" mean the end of her visions and a soul once again dry and searching? This is the dilemma at the heart of Mark Salzman's spare, astonishing new novel.
An autobiography for Grandchildren: a fast-moving narrative describing a life of a teacher, social activist and academic who worked for years in the tough world of the inner city - as well as for successive governments and Prime Ministers ...