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Author: China Galland
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint: Penguin USA
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.346kg
ISBN: 9780140195668
ISBN 10: 0140195661
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 05 June 2007
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The heartfelt account of a search for the feminine face of God . . . vivid, vulnerable, and courageous. ( The New York Times Book Review ) Longing for Darkness became my companion as I traveled to see the Black Madonna in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. . . . It was a particular joy for me to read, not only because of the deeply moving journey described in its pages, but because of its passionate exploration of the Black Madonna. I love this book! (Sue Monk Kidd)
The heartfelt account of a search for the feminine face of God . . . vivid, vulnerable, and courageous. ( The New York Times Book Review ) <br> Longing for Darkness became my companion as I traveled to see the Black Madonna in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. . . . It was a particular joy for me to read, not only because of the deeply moving journey described in its pages, but because of its passionate exploration of the Black Madonna. I love this book! (Sue Monk Kidd) <br>
Longing for Darkness became my companion as I traveled to see the Black Madonna in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. . . . It was a particular joy for me to read, not only because of the deeply moving journey described in its pages, but because of its passionate exploration of the Black Madonna. I love this book! (Sue Monk Kidd)
The heartfelt account of a search for the feminine face of God . . . vivid, vulnerable, and courageous. ( The New York Times Book Review )<br><br> Longing for Darkness became my companion as I traveled to see the Black Madonna in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. . . . It was a particular joy for me to read, not only because of the deeply moving journey described in its pages, but because of its passionate exploration of the Black Madonna. I love this book! (Sue Monk Kidd)<br><br>
The heartfelt account of a search for the feminine face of God . . . vivid, vulnerable, and courageous. (<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>) <i>Longing for Darkness</i> became my companion as I traveled to see the Black Madonna in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. . . . It was a particular joy for me to read, not only because of the deeply moving journey described in its pages, but because of its passionate exploration of the Black Madonna. I love this book! (Sue Monk Kidd)
Author Information
China Galland is the award-winning author of Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna. This highly praised nonfiction work on finding the feminine face of God was called ""vivid, vulnerable, and courageous"" by The New York Times, ""exhilarating"" by the San Francisco Chronicle, and a ""fascinating journey"" by Isabel Allende.Ms. Galland has been research associate at the Graduate Theological Unions' Center for Women and Religion in Berkeley and is the founder and director of the Images of Divinity Research Project. She has been a popular Bay Area writing teacher, co-director of the Women and Girls Jail project, ""Free Spirits,"" and lectures widely on the topic of the divine feminine. She received a Hedgebrook Writers Invitational Residency and has won awards for her writing from the California Arts Council. Galland is a professor in residence at the Center for the Arts, Religion, and Education at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. She lectures, teaches, and leads retreats nationally and internationally on religion, race, and reconciliation.
