To Shatter Glass (eBook)

Sister Sharon Hunter (Autor)

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2021
110 Seiten
Iron Pen (Verlag)
978-1-64060-715-6 (ISBN)

Infos

"These poems hear your broken heart and help you name your unshed tears." —Ronald Rolheiser, author of Holy Longing
Poems of pain and forgiveness, for those who struggle to find healing from a childhood marked by addiction
To Shatter Glass is essentially a memoir in poetic form, tracing seventy years of struggle and experience. In her early thirties, at the end of an abusive and childless marriage, Sister Sharon Hunter entered a modern convent. Neither sheltered nor immune from reality, she confronted demons of the past and trauma brought with her, unresolved and in need of healing. Her collection obliterates a common belief that men and women enter religious orders to escape life. Its fifty-six poems vary in style and capture the heart and imagination of those searching for straight answers to difficult questions. It touches on the need to know ourselves, to accept our humanity as defined by God, and to strive toward reconciliation through self-examination and forgiveness. 
To Shatter Glass is an invitation to wholeness for those scarred by family alcoholism. It is written for the quiet and sensitive buried by depression, and for those who may be too afraid to expose their wounds. It is for anyone who has experienced betrayal or the loss of a loved one through tragic circumstances.  

This is the first book in Paraclete's Iron Pen imprint. In the book of Job, a suffering man pours out his anguish to his Maker. From the depths of his pain, he reveals a trust in God's goodness that is stronger than his despair, giving humanity some of the most beautiful and poetic verses of all time. Paraclete's Iron Pen imprint is inspired by this spirit of unvarnished honesty and tenacious hope.

Autor

Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ, is a professed religious of forty-two years at the Community of Jesus. Born in 1947 in rural Western Pennsylvania, her life was formed by both simplicity and severity of circumstances. Her writing, infused with practical, and sometimes-stark reality, amplifies her desire to offer hope and beauty in our sufferings. Her earnest prayer is that His radiant light shine before and beyond our forever!   Sister Faith Riccio, CJ, is an artist and a religious sister at the Community of Jesus, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her work can be seen in private collections and exhibits, both nationally and internationally, and at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans, MA. Sister Faith is also the author of Icons: The Essential Collection.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2021
• Illustrationen: Faith Riccio
• Verlagsort: ORLEANS
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
• Schlagworte: Abuse • abusive marriage • abusive relationships • alcoholic parents • alcoholism and family trauma • battling depression • Catholic spiritual journey • Childhood Trauma • Child neglect through Alcoholism • Children of Alcoholics • Christian women's poetry • contemplative Christian poetry • convent life memoir • Divorce • Emotional healing poems • Emotional price of failure • Faith-based memoir • grief and redemption poems • Healing Poetry • healing through God • inner healing poems • Iron Pen • Monastic • Monastic life • monastic memoir • Murder of a loved one • nun poet • overcoming depression • poems about forgiveness • poetic memoir • poetic memoir of faith • poetic reflection on pain • Poetry as Therapy • poetry from the monastery • poetry memoir • poetry of resilience • religious poet • religious trauma poetry • Sharon Hunter, CJ • spiritual growth poetry • Sr. Nun Other • Survivor • To Shatter Glass • woman poet
• ISBN-10: 1-64060-715-3 / 1640607153
• ISBN-13: 978-1-64060-715-6 / 9781640607156