Toward That Which is Beautiful by Marian O'shea Wernicke

Toward That Which is Beautiful by Marian O'shea Wernicke

On an ordinary day in June of 1964 in a small town in the Altiplano of Peru, Sister Mary Katherine (formerly known as Kate), a young American nun recently arrived in this very foreign place, walks away from her convent with no money and no destination. Desperate and afraid of her feelings for an Irish priest with whom she has been working, she spends eight days on the run, encountering a variety of characters along the way: a cynical Englishman who helps her out; a suspicious Peruvian police officer who takes her in for questioning; and two American Peace Corps workers who befriend her. As Kate traverses this dangerous physical journey through Peru, she also embarks upon an interior journey of self-discovery - one that leads her somewhere she never could have expected.

Wernicke, Marian O'Shea: - Born and raised in an Irish Catholic family in St. Louis, Missouri, Marian O'Shea Wernicke is the eldest of seven children. She was a nun for eleven years and spent three years working in Lima, Peru, during that time. She is a former professor of English and creative writing at Pensacola State College and the author of a memoir about her father called Tom O'Shea: A Twentieth Century Man. She also coedited and contributed to an award-winning book of short fiction and memoir called Confessions: Fact or Fiction? Marian is married to Michael Wernicke, and they are the parents of three adult children. After many years in Pensacola, Florida, they now live in Austin, Texas.

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ISBN 13	9781631527593
ISBN 10	1631527592
Title	Toward That Which is Beautiful
Author	Marian O'shea Wernicke
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	She Writes Press
Year published	2020-11-12
Number of pages	272
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