Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life by Kathleen Norris

Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life

Kathleen Norris

334 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective slow-paced
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Kathleen Norris’s masterpiece: a personal and moving memoir that resurrects the ancient term acedia, or soul-weariness, and brilliantly explores its relevancy to the modern individual and culture. Kathleen Norris had written several much loved boo...

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reflective 100%
informative 85%
hopeful 71%
challenging 42%
inspiring 42%
sad 28%
emotional 14%

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fast 14%

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