{"product_id":"virgin-time-paperback-1","title":"Virgin Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Hampl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A religious cliff-hanger--intimate, compelling, hard to put down.\"\u003cbr\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003cbr\u003eEager to shake off the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, Patricia Hample seeks the \"old world\" of Catholicism. On her pilgrimage she meets others seekers--crotchety English agnostics, American Franciscan friars and nuns, and the seekers that fill every charter flight. Inevitably, too, she finds the \"old world\" right at home, in the very past she had tried to escape. But what she is looking for confronts her, finally, on a rereat at a monastery near the Lost Coast of northern California in the still, virgin moments of silent prayer....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA religious cliff-hanger--intimate, compelling, hard to put down.\u003cbr\u003eSAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE\u003cbr\u003eEager to shake off the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, Patricia Hample seeks the \"old world\" of Catholicism. On her pilgrimage she meets others seekers--crotchety English agnostics, American Franciscan friars and nuns, and the seekers that fill every charter flight. Inevitably, too, she finds the \"old world\" right at home, in the very past she had tried to escape. But what she is looking for confronts her, finally, on a rereat at a monastery near the Lost Coast of northern California in the still, virgin moments of silent prayer....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirgin Time is a book that goes to the heart of one of the most profound yet least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. It is \"a passionate inquiry\", as Patricia Hampl puts it, \"into the sources of wonder that cause a person to say, 'I believe.'\" Hampl's book begins as a grudging quest - not to find something, but to shake the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing. In her search, she travels to the \"old world\" of Catholicism, in Italy and France, and inevitably her pilgrimage is peopled with other pilgrims - crotchety English agnostics, American Franciscan friars and nuns, the surging crowds of Lourdes with their candles and incurable illnesses, and the eccentric seekers that fill every charter flight. Inevitably, too, she finds the \"old world\" right at home, in the very past she had tried to escape. Finally, on a visit to a monastery near the Lost Coast of Northern California, she is able to settle into the real goal of her search: the silence of prayer. Virgin Time meets head-on the challenges to spirituality raised by contemporary life and responds to them searchingly, honestly, and movingly. Patricia Hampl's new book has unforgettable resonating power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Hampl\u003c\/b\u003e first stepped onto the literary scene with \u003ci\u003eA Romantic Education\u003c\/i\u003e, a Cold War memoir about her Czech heritage. Four of her books have been named Notable Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Hampl's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta, The American Scholar, \u003c\/i\u003e the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmerican Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1990 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. In addition, she has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, Bush Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts (twice, in poetry and prose), Ingram Merrill Foundation and Djerassi Foundation. Hampl teaches fall semesters in the English MFA program at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 258\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.54 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 07, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47189913993465,"sku":"9780345384249","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/rW_ulboSe39780345384249_ff0272dd-4522-4436-8149-e497d0d083f2.webp?v=1767884571","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/virgin-time-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}