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  1 The Abbey: A Story of Discovery
Author: Martin, James
 
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Class: Fiction
Age: Adult
Language: English
LC: PS3613.A
ISBN-13: 9780062401861
LCCN: 2015009852
Imprint: HarperOne
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pub Date: 10/13/2015
Availability: Out of Stock Indefinitely
List: $24.99
  Hardcover
Physical Description: 212 pages ; 22 cm H 8.25", W 5.5", D 0.81", 0.83 lbs.
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Brodart Sources: Brodart's Christian Fiction TIPS Selections
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Adult
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TIPS Subjects: Christian Fiction
BISAC Subjects: FICTION / Religious
RELIGION / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
RELIGION / Spirituality
LC Subjects: Christian fiction
FICTION / Religious
RELIGION / Christian Life / Spiritual Growth
RELIGION / Spirituality
Self-actualization (Psychology), Fiction
Self-realization, Fiction
SEARS Subjects: Christian fiction
Self-realization, Fiction
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Annotations
ONIX annotations | 10/27/2023
A story about finding strength in our faith when faced with struggle from New York Times bestselling author Reverend James Martin.    In his debut novel, Reverend James Martin, SJ, provides a window into the spiritual journeys of three people seeking direction, showing us firsthand how God uses our worries, questions, and even anger to help us become whole. As he did in his previous bestsellers, Martin once again crafts a book that incarnates deep spiritual wisdom while being accessible and full of humor and grace, with characters such as: A divorced single mom, Anne can sometimes barely cope with life and struggles to make sense of the death of her young son. A former architect who had a promising career, Mark works as a handyman and wonders how his life got off track. The abbot of the Abbey of Saints Philip and James, Father Paul sometimes questions how to best live a life that secludes him so thoroughly from the world. At a Pennsylvania abbey, this unlikely trio will discover the answers they seek-a miracle of hope and understanding that bears witness to the surprising power of God to bring healing and wholeness to our lives. "With this beautiful, touching and utterly believable novel, seekers will be gently invited to encounter the divine and believers be encouraged to deepen their relationships with God. I loved this book and loved the characters!" -Richard Rohr, author of Everything Belongs
Journal Reviews
Publishers Weekly | 08/10/2015
Popular Jesuit author (Jesus: A Pilgrimage) and media commentator Martin turns to fiction in this warmly comforting tale of a grieving mother who owns a building but has no day-to-day job, a dissatisfied handyman, and an abbot, whose lives come to intersect and are gently changed. Three years after the death of her teenage son in an accident, Anne is stuck in grief. Her tenant Mark works as handyman at an abbey, feeling underemployed and lonely. Father Paul heads the abbey and wonders if he should be an abbot. Anne, whose father once worked for the abbey, is drawn to it after a car breakdown brings her back to the place she visited when a child. Martin offers a simple story about complicated people whose lives need God for direction and healing. His skill as a novelist is fair; the plot is thin but the characters are well drawn. His real strength is his pastoral sensibility--his compassion shines through the character of Father Paul. Like his fellow Jesuit Pope Francis, Martin is a persuasive evangelizer for a God, and church, of mercy. (Oct.). 224p. PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, c2015.
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