Magdalene House: A Place about Mercy
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Hardcover. This is a participant-observation account of the history of the Magdalene community founded in 1997, its structure, its Thistle Farms beauty products operation, and Reverend Becca Stevens's communal and spiritual vision. The book is finally about what it means to walk the path of healing with a group of unlikely women as guide. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JKSN; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 369.
Women come to Magdalene House in Nashville when they are ready to leave the streets. They live together, unsupervised and free of charge, for two years. During that time, the women are given time, space, and the resources they need to heal from what have often been lifelong experiences with suffering. (Of the twenty-two women now in residence, 80 percent have a diagnosed mental illness other than addiction, 40 percent are receiving treatment for hepatitis C, and one-third are HIV positive.)
However, the story of the Magdalene community is not about these statistics, but about the ... Read more
Magdalene House was the subject of a multiple-part documentary on National Public Radio.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826518378
SKU
V9780826518378
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99-15
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