Tim farrington (360 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. In this unflinching look at depression and the human struggle to find hope in its midst, acclaimed author Tim Farrington writes with heartbreaking honesty about his lifelong struggle with the condition he calls "a hell of mercy." Farrington unravels the profound connection between depression and the spiritual path, the infamous "dark night of the soul" made popular by Christian mystic St. John of the Cross. While depression can be a time of misery and isolation, it can also provide powerful spiritual insights. In A Hell of Mercy, Farrington wrestles with profound ontological questions, trying to understand to what extent depression is a part of a person's identity, and what to do when it holds you back from realizing your potential. In the tradition of Darkness Visible and An Unquiet Mind, A Hell of Mercy is an intimate examination of the path of depression and the human struggle to find hope in its midst. Tim Farrington is the author of Lizzie's War, New York Times Notable Book of 2002 The Monk Downstairs, and The Monk Upstairs. He has also written the critically acclaimed novels The California Book of the Dead and Blues for Hannah. He lives in Virginia Beach, VA."In his courageously honest account of his season in hell, Tim Farrington descends into the gloomiest recesses of his soul. There in the blackness he discovers, almost miraculously, light, the solace of grace: redemption. This book, as lyrical as it is profound, is a brilliant testament to that most enduring of hopes--out of death grows life. For all of us craving salvation, this is essential reading, a mysterious atlas of the sacred."--Eric Wilson, author of Against Happiness.…

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much, she tells a hapless suitor. I'm thirty-eight years old, and I've got a daughter learning to read and a job I don't quite like. I don't need the violin music. But when the new tenant in her in-law apartment turns out to be Michael Christopher, on the lam after twenty years in a monastery and smack dab in the middle of a dark night of the soul, Rebecca begins to suspect that she is not as thoroughly disillusioned as she had thought. Her daughter, Mary Martha, is delighted with the new arrival, as is Rebecca's mother, Phoebe, a rollicking widow making a new life for herself among the spiritual eccentrics of the coastal town of Bolinas. Even Rebecca's best friend, Bonnie, once a confirmed cynic in matters of the heart, urges Rebecca on. But none of them, Rebecca feels, understands how complicated and dangerous love actually is. As her unlikely friendship with the ex-monk grows toward something deeper, and Michael wrestles with his despair while adjusting to a second career flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, Rebecca struggles with her own temptation to hope. But it is not until she is brought up short by the realities of life and death that she begins to glimpse the real mystery of love, and the unfathomable depths of faith. Beautifully written and playfully engaging, this novel. is about one man wrestling with his yearning for a life of contemplation and the need for a life of action in the world. But it's Rebecca's spirit, as well as her relationships with Mary Martha, Phoebe, her irresponsible surfer ex-husband Rory -- and, of course, the monk downstairs -- that makes this story shine.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Rebecca Martin is a single mother with an apartment to rent and a sense that she has used up her illusions. I had the romantic thing with my first husband, thank you very much, she tells a hapless suitor. I'm thirty-eight years old, and I've got a daughter learning to read and a job I don't quite like. I don't need the violin music. But when the new tenant in her in-law apartment turns out to be Michael Christopher, on the lam after twenty years in a monastery and smack dab in the middle of a dark night of the soul, Rebecca begins to suspect that she is not as thoroughly disillusioned as she had thought. Her daughter, Mary Martha, is delighted with the new arrival, as is Rebecca's mother, Phoebe, a rollicking widow making a new life for herself among the spiritual eccentrics of the coastal town of Bolinas. Even Rebecca's best friend, Bonnie, once a confirmed cynic in matters of the heart, urges Rebecca on. But none of them, Rebecca feels, understands how complicated and dangerous love actually is. As her unlikely friendship with the ex-monk grows toward something deeper, and Michael wrestles with his despair while adjusting to a second career flipping hamburgers at McDonald's, Rebecca struggles with her own temptation to hope. But it is not until she is brought up short by the realities of life and death that she begins to glimpse the real mystery of love, and the unfathomable depths of faith. Beautifully written and playfully engaging, this novel. is about one man wrestling with his yearning for a life of contemplation and the need for a life of action in the world. But it's Rebecca's spirit, as well as her relationships with Mary Martha, Phoebe, her irresponsible surfer ex-husband Rory -- and, of course, the monk downstairs -- that makes this story shine.…

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Condizione: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: HarperOne Pub Date: 5/1/2005 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 384 First edition.

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. It's the summer of 1967, and Mike O'Reilly's has just shipped out to Vietnam. Liz O'Reilly is trying to keep it all together for their four kids. While set during the conflict in Vietnam, this novel captures the other side of any war - that of the war at home and the careening emotions of the spouses and families left behind.…

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