Lying Awake -- Mark Salzman, Paperback Misfits devoid of warmth and light

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but the Second World War cast a long shadow over her childhood and youth in the city of Karlsruhe

but because they choose to see the world differently

Lying Awake -- Mark Salzman, Paperback Misfits devoid of warmth and lightMark Salzman's Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman's soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power and price of faith. Sister John's cloistered life of peace and prayer has been electrified by ever more frequent visions of God's radiance, leading her toward a deep religious ecstasy. Her life and writings have become examples of devotion. Yet her visions are accompanied by shattering headaches that