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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN
- 9780143037170
- Book Title
- Prison Angel : Mother Antonia's Journey from Beverly Hills to Alife of Service in a Mexican Jail
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Genre
- Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Christian Ministry / Missions, Religious, Penology, Christian Ministry / Adult
- Item Weight
- 8.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
014303717X
ISBN-13
9780143037170
eBay Product ID (ePID)
18038260069
Product Key Features
Book Title
Prison Angel : Mother Antonia's Journey from Beverly Hills to Alife of Service in a Mexican Jail
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Christian Ministry / Missions, Religious, Penology, Christian Ministry / Adult
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
8.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"A towering, uplifting tale of genuine conscience and the discovery of true joy in selflessness." - Bob Woodward "No one will be untouched by this remarkable book about a remarkable woman." - The Washington Post Book World "An unflinching, plainspoken and deeply empathetic book." - Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "A towering, uplifting tale of genuine conscience and the discovery of true joy in selflessness." -- Bob Woodward "No one will be untouched by this remarkable book about a remarkable woman." -- The Washington Post Book World "An unflinching, plainspoken and deeply empathetic book." -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "A towering, uplifting tale of genuine conscience and the discovery of true joy in selflessness." -- Bob Woodward "No one will be untouched by this remarkable book about a remarkable woman." -- The Washington Post Book World "An unflinching, plainspoken and deeply empathetic book." -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune, "A towering, uplifting tale of genuine conscience and the discovery of true joy in selflessness."-- Bob Woodward "No one will be untouched by this remarkable book about a remarkable woman."-- The Washington Post Book World "An unflinching, plainspoken and deeply empathetic book."-- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
271/.97 B
Grade To
UP
Table Of Content
One: La Madre Two: Hollywood Girl Three: Salesman for the Poor Four: Becoming Mother Five: Learning the Ropes Six: New Faces, New Lives Seven: Alias "La Sister" Eight: Seeking Justice Nine: Human Beings Like Anyone Else Ten: Not Forgiving is Harder Eleven: Angel on Call Twelve: The Eleventh Hour Acknowledgments Index About the Authors
Synopsis
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team comes the extraordinary and inspiring story of Mother Antonia, who at middle age found her life's calling by bringing the transformative power of her spiritual guidance to the most-hardened criminals., The winners of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting tell the astonishing story of Mary Clarke. At the age of fifty, Clarke left her comfortable life in suburban Los Angeles to follow a spiritual calling to care for the prisoners in one of Mexico's most notorious jails. She actually moved into a cell to live among drug king pins and petty thieves. She has led many of them through profound spiritual transformations in which they turned away from their lives of crime, and has deeply touched the lives of all who have witnessed the depth of her compassion. Donning a nun's habit, she became Mother Antonia, renowned as "the prison angel," and has now organized a new community of sisters-the Servants of the Eleventh Hour--widows and divorced women seeking new meaning in their lives. "We had never heard a story like hers," Jordan and Sullivan write, "a story of such powerful goodness." Born in Beverly Hills, Clarke was raised around the glamour of Hollywood and looked like a star herself, a beautiful blonde reminiscent of Grace Kelly. The choreographer Busby Berkeley spotted her at a restaurant and offered her a job, but Mary's dream was to be a happy wife and mother. She raised seven children, but her two unfulfilling marriages ended in divorce. Then in the late 1960s, in midlife, she began devoting herself to charity work, realizing she had an extraordinary talent for drumming up donations for the sick and poor. On one charity mission across the Mexican border to the drug-trafficking capitol of Tijuana, she visited La Mesa prison and experienced an intense feeling that she had found her true life's work. As she recalls, "I felt like I had come home." Receiving the blessings of the Catholic Church for her mission, on March 19, 1977, at the age of fifty, she moved into a cell in La Mesa, sleeping on a bunk with female prisoners above and below her. Nearly twenty-eight years later she is still living in that cell, and the remarkable power of her spiritual counseling to the prisoners has become legendary. The story of both one woman's profound journey of discovery and growth and of the deep spiritual awakenings she has called forth in so many lost souls, The Prison Angel is an astonishing testament to the powers of personal transformation.
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