The author of Miss Venezuela exposes and celebrates the controversial religion of Christian Science, focusing on her own struggle to keep her faith as she watched in bewilderment while her mother died of cancer, an illness that prayer could not cure for her.
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"Wonderfully lucid . . . scrupulously fair-minded . . . The best sort of childhood memoir: It reaches beyond the troubled family . . . to illuminate a whole society . . . Like a pebble tossed into a pond, "Blue Windows" resonates in ever-widening circles." --Francine Prose, "New York Newsday"
"A memoir of exceptional sensitivity and intelligence." --"The New Yorker"
"Graceful, superbly written . . . In an age when the memoir has become transcendent, Blue Windows is among the best" --Donn Fry, "The Seattle Times"
"Painfully searching, honest, and, ultimately, inspiring . . . [this] courageous and moving memoir evokes a world of childhood faith and healing." --Cynthia Schrager, "The Women's Review of Books"
"A brave memoir . . . Wilson movingly explores [her childhood]." --Ruth Coughlin, "The Cleveland Plain Dealer"
Wonderfully lucid . . . scrupulously fair-minded . . . The best sort of childhood memoir: It reaches beyond the troubled family . . . to illuminate a whole society . . . Like a pebble tossed into a pond, "Blue Windows" resonates in ever-widening circles. "Francine Prose, New York Newsday"
A memoir of exceptional sensitivity and intelligence. "The New Yorker"
Graceful, superbly written . . . In an age when the memoir has become transcendent, Blue Windows is among the best "Donn Fry, The Seattle Times"
Painfully searching, honest, and, ultimately, inspiring . . . [this] courageous and moving memoir evokes a world of childhood faith and healing. "Cynthia Schrager, The Women's Review of Books"
A brave memoir . . . Wilson movingly explores [her childhood]. "Ruth Coughlin, The Cleveland Plain Dealer""
"Wonderfully lucid . . . scrupulously fair-minded . . . The best sort of childhood memoir: It reaches beyond the troubled family . . . to illuminate a whole society . . . Like a pebble tossed into a pond, Blue Windows resonates in ever-widening circles." --Francine Prose, New York Newsday
"A memoir of exceptional sensitivity and intelligence." --The New Yorker
"Graceful, superbly written . . . In an age when the memoir has become transcendent, Blue Windows is among the best" --Donn Fry, The Seattle Times
"Painfully searching, honest, and, ultimately, inspiring . . . [this] courageous and moving memoir evokes a world of childhood faith and healing." --Cynthia Schrager, The Women's Review of Books
"A brave memoir . . . Wilson movingly explores [her childhood]." --Ruth Coughlin, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Barbara Wilson is the co-founder of two publishers, Seal Press and Women in Translation. She is the author of several novels, translations, and one short story collection. She lives in Seattle, Washington.
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