The Cruelest of All Mothers: Marie de l'Incarnation, Motherhood, and Christian Tradition by Mary Dunn

The Cruelest of All Mothers: Marie de l'Incarnation, Motherhood, and Christian Tradition

Catholic Practice in North America

Mary Dunn

224 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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In 1631, Marie Guyart stepped over the threshold of the Ursuline convent in Tours, leaving behind her eleven-year-old son, Claude, against the wishes of her family and her own misgivings. Marie concluded, "God was dearer to me than all that. Leavi...

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