{"product_id":"for-love-of-the-broken-julia-walsh-9781958972274","title":"For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Julia Walsh gives me hope for a future with religious women changing the world. She tells a story all her own, but I felt her doubts, questions, and passion each step of the way. Highly recommended.\" --Sister Helen Prejean, author of \u003ci\u003eDead Man Walking \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e River of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA questioning novice nun's coming-of-age story. Readers will be moved to reflect on the universal human experiences of being broken and the pull to be part of something bigger than themselves.\u003c\/b\u003eAt the age of 25, just a month into her novitiate as a Franciscan Sister, Julia Walsh fell from a cliff and became disfigured. While working toward healing, she felt pulled to religious community life, but also toward unresolved feelings regarding her own sexuality, identity, and injustice.\u003ci\u003eFor Love of the Broken Body \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of pain, questioning, recovery, and discovery. What does it mean to exist as a broken body? Why would a young woman dedicate herself to the Catholic Church--to a life as a Franciscan Sister--while others are leaving churches in droves?The number of women choosing to enter religious life across the U.S. is shrinking rapidly, so Walsh encounters a lot of curiosity about her choice. In this memoir, she writes honestly about feeling drawn to men and to sex, as well as what it means, in this age of self-discovery and hook-ups, for a young woman--physically broken and still very much attracted to the world--to join a celibate, religious community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julia Walsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1958972274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958972274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Monkfish Book Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2024","brand":"Julia Walsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44245481095423,"sku":"9781958972274","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_03088a50-0e40-4ce5-a42d-df1abb289129.jpg?v=1693928299","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/for-love-of-the-broken-julia-walsh-9781958972274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}