2010, ISBN: 9780881411829

University of Nevada Press, Reno: 2010. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. When Phyllis Barber's thirty-three-year marriage ended, she had to redefine herself as a woman, a … More...

University of Nevada Press, Reno: 2010. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. When Phyllis Barber's thirty-three-year marriage ended, she had to redefine herself as a woman, a mother, and an artist. Raw Edges is her moving account of the "lean years" that followed her divorce. It is interwoven with a narrative of the marriage of two gifted people that begins with "sealing" in a Mormon temple, endures through the birth of four sons and the development of two careers, and founders when the couple's personal needs no longer match their aspirations or the rigid strictures of Mormon life. Raw Edges reflects the predicament that many women experience as their marriages disintegrate and they fail to achieve their own expectations as well as those set by their society and their faith. It is also a story of hope, of how a woman overcome by grief and confusion eventually finds a new approach to life. Phyllis Barber was born in Nevada and grew up in Boulder City and Las Vegas. She can trace her family's Nevada roots to the 1860s. Trained as a classical pianist, she has served on the Board of Directors for the Utah Symphony. She teaches in the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Writing Program and lives in Denver. She was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2005. "Few writers are willing to go marrow-deep in search of truth. Barber's remarkable memoir about her lifelong search for the meaning of love and spirituality is the story of every woman on this planet who ever uttered the words 'I love you' to a man and then was stunned at the aftermath. Her style is spare and elegiac, her story is honest, heartfelt, and unforgettable. I highly recommend Raw Edges--a beautifully written story of what it means to be a wife, mother, lover, and independent woman." ÑJo-Ann Mapson, author of The Owl & Moon Caf: A Novel and others "Whether you want a model of tenacity in confronting the rigors of modern life or an example of a deft handling of metaphor in prose, you'll find that this is a gripping, page-turning saga." ÑLevi S. Peterson, author of A Rascal by Nature, A Christian by Yearning: A Mormon Autobiography "In this remarkably honest memoir, Phyllis Barber takes readers on a harrowing journey from Mormon girlhood through marriage, motherhood, codependency, and a thousand-mile bicycle trip to an epiphany in a Denver attic. Although the details belong to her, the issues she explores will be familiar to anyone who has navigated the boundary between compassion and obsession." ÑLaurel Thatcher Ulrich, author of Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History "Drawing from the raw edges of experience, Barber delineates the thin lines between faith and faithlessness, between terrible loss and wondrous abundance, and between the past and the present, braiding them beautifully in this remarkable memoir. Her achievement in this brave book is an act of fidelityÑto life itself." ÑWilliam R. Handley, coeditor of True West: Authenticity and the American West "Her empathy and ability to articulate the emotions of divorce, loss, and struggle render her more than simply a regional or Mormon author, but an author of national scope." ÑForeWord Reviews "At a time when we're accustomed to seeing failed relationships through the kaleidoscope of advice columns and talk-show gabbing, Barber takes divorce into the territory of literary art." ÑBen Fulton, The Salt Lake Tribune "...a powerful memoir of life and love, and love lost; a tale of searching for answers; a search for self." ÑKaye Lynne Booth for Examiner.com "Divorce and its aftermath form a road many of us travel, but few have the will (or the self-knowledge) to map it with such telling accuracyÑor such beautiful writing." ÑBetsy Burton for The Inkslinger "Moving and poignant, Raw Edges is a memoir well worth reading for insight on the life of a not-so-common Mormon woman." ÑThe Midwest Book Review "Her story is not only sincere and contemplative, but is creative.... Raw Edges will keep you thinking, relating your own story to that of hers, and is one you will not easily forget." ÑThe Nevada Review "Barber, the author of seven books, has written an inspiring, insightful work in this one." -Peter Skinner, Foreword Reviews "This memoir shares a compelling story, often poetic and sometimes heartbreaking, rich with the makings of widsom." -Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, University of Nevada Press, Reno: 2010, St Vladimirs Seminary Press, February 1999. Paper Back. As New. This new translation by the inestimable Anthony Gythiel presents, for the first time, one of the most important Orthodox theologians in Europe to the English-speaking world. An index to the true worth of this book lies in the foreword, in this beautiful phrase: ''This work would like to be a testimony to the joy I have experienced constantly in discovering the continuity and unity of the trinitarian faith of the Orthodox Church, yesterday and today.'' Thus is the course set for us to learn of the teaching of the Church concerning the ultimate mystery of its faith -- not primarily by knowledge, or theology, but joy. Bobrinskoy eases our path by neatly dividing his survey into biblical, liturgical, patristic and conciliar contexts, concluding with an extended reflection on the current state of the filioque controversy and on apophatic and kataphatic approaches to Trinitarian theology. This study deserves a place of honor in the welcome resurgence of Trinitarian theology throughout the Christian world. Very minor surface imperfections in the covers, binding firm, text pristine., St Vladimirs Seminary Press<

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1999, ISBN: 9780881411829

St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. Paperback, 360 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-01-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.3 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4740642, Theology, Christianity, Religion & Spiritual… More...

St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. Paperback, 360 Seiten, Publiziert: 1999-01-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.3 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4740642, Theology, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Subjects, Books, History, Religious Studies, Nature & Existence of God, Philosophy, St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S., 1999<