Blood Flowers

von Judith Ress Mary Judith Ress

284 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In 1969, Sister Meg Carney is fresh out of the Novitiate and sent as amissionary to Chile-just in time to witness the overthrow of the socialistgovernment of Salvador Allende. In the aftermath of the brutal militarycoup, the priest she works with is murdered and she herself is the targetof surveillance.Burned out, grieving over the loss of her compañero, Alfredo, and nolonger the young nun who had set out so enthusiastically to bring God'sword to the Chilean people six years earlier, Meg accepts an invitationfrom her Mother Superior to work in El Salvador where she will join Theo,her best pal from Novitiate days, and her former Novice Mistress "QueenMum." Smugly feeling she is now a savvy missionary, Meg is soon setstraight by Theo who tells her an entirely different revolution is takingplace in El Salvador. Fed by Biblical refl ection rather than by Marxistanalysis, Meg is soon caught up in events that bring revolutionary forcesto a head.As Meg-a woman burdened by her vow of chastity-struggles with herreligious vocation to serve the poor, she somehow manages to fi nd loveand peace in the rawness of life.

• Reihe: iUniverse
• ISBN: 9781440194603
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 24.02.2010
• Größe: 222 x 145 mm
• Verlag: Xlibris