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 | #1435487 in Books |  2014-09-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.40 x.70 x5.30l,.0 | File type: PDF | 160 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| When writing a book is sacramental|By Glynn Young|Angelo Alaimo O’Donnell was asked to write the obituary for her mother.

In the last 48 days of her mother’s life, O’Donnell and her sisters gathered round their mother, Marion Salvi Alaimo. She had fallen and smashed her hip; whether she could survive the surgery required to repair it was questionabl| |"Mortal Blessings is a stunning meditation on the sacramentality of our living and our dying. As practical as it is inspiring, its wisdom will be a gift of hope and peace for many." --Ron Hansen, Author of Mariette in Ecstasy||||"In this b

Winner of a 2015 Catholic Press Award: Family Life Category (First Place)

In this lyrical adieu to her mother, renowned Catholic essayist, poet, and professor Angela O'Donnell explores how the mundane tasks of caregiving during her mother's final days--bathing, feeding, taking her for a walk in her wheelchair--became rituals or ordinary sacraments that revealed traces of the divine.

With Joan Didion's grasp of grief, the spiritual playfulness of Mar...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Mortal Blessings: A Sacramental Farewell   |  Angela Alaimo O'Donnell. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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