Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0930044622 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 383 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Still myth-shattering, the stories remind us of the courage required to live—and love—in congruence with our authentic selves."Oblivious to the controversies that surrounded the initial publication of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, whether they originated within the Catholic Church or the lesbian feminist movement, thousands of readers across the decades have embraced the book and found their lives changed by its message of empowerment." - Joanne E. In new afterwords, the co-editors reveal how the book came to be and what happened to their lives when, for the first time in history, a lesbian book from a small publisher went mainstream.Each nun in these stories describes her individual and searing path in, or out of, the convent to discover and face the truth of herself. Out of print for two decades, Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence, the explosive international best-seller, is back with a new foreword analyzing the unprecedented impact it had on the lesbian community and mainstream culture. Passet, Ph.D., Professor of History, Indiana University East
Joyce E.S. said Should be on every woman's bookshelf.. This was a landmark book and hugely important to women's history. Nonetheless the stories were not professionally written - in their own words- and brief so it was repetitive and few of the women well developed. That made it tough to keep reading at times. The powerful thing, though, about repetition is that it really hits you with the triumphs of what . Courtney said Stunning!. This book is a stunning collection of beautifully written stories, of how women came to be themselves. Each of these women's journeys was at times painful, always heart wrenching, and always written in her individual voice. This anthology is not to be taken lightly. It is not filled with the lascivious sex that a teenage boy might think, but it is dozen. A NUMBER OF CURRENT/FORMER NUNS SPEAK FRANKLY ON MANY ISSUES Coeditor Rosemary Keefe Curb wrote in the introductory chapter of this 1985 book, "My mother warned me not to do this book My mother doesn't want her daughter to be one breaking centuries of silence. I think fears like hers perpetuate the silence that keeps the closet locked, whereas telling truth about our lives can set us free We use the term 'lesbian