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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Penguin USA
Publication date
June 29, 2004
Pages
332
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780142196304
ISBN-10
0142196304
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.52 lbs.
Original list price
$23.00
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Recounts the author's rediscovery of faith and purpose after a disabling accident, describing her painful recovery period, her tenure at the University of New Mexico, and her encounters with numerous people of faith--including a Russian Orthodox monk and a native curandera. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Mary Swander was a lapsed Catholic content with the solitude and tenuous spirituality of a life tied to the Iowa prairie and its seasons. But when a car accident left her paralyzed and in chronic pain with no medical cure in sight, she was forced to look inside herself for strength and for meaning. In The Desert Pilgrim she chronicles her miraculous physical recovery and her even more astonishing restoration of faith in the modern world.
It is when she arrives to teach at the University of New Mexico that Mary's journey begins in earnest. In Albuquerque she encounters Father Sergei, a Russian Orthodox monk whose barrio church is hidden away on the once-proud Route 66, now the terrain of crack dealers and the homeless. She meets a curandera, "Lu," an herbal healer whose little pharmacy's first owner rode with Pancho Villa. Together these two will lead her to confront her growing distrust of medical and spiritual authority, and her own dark night of the soul. Evocatively and reflectively written, The Desert Pilgrim weaves together history, herbal medicine, physical healing, and what it means-in this modern age-to believe
It is when she arrives to teach at the University of New Mexico that Mary's journey begins in earnest. In Albuquerque she encounters Father Sergei, a Russian Orthodox monk whose barrio church is hidden away on the once-proud Route 66, now the terrain of crack dealers and the homeless. She meets a curandera, "Lu," an herbal healer whose little pharmacy's first owner rode with Pancho Villa. Together these two will lead her to confront her growing distrust of medical and spiritual authority, and her own dark night of the soul. Evocatively and reflectively written, The Desert Pilgrim weaves together history, herbal medicine, physical healing, and what it means-in this modern age-to believe
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (August 1, 2003)
9780670031955 | details & prices | 332 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Recounts the author's rediscovery of faith and purpose after a disabling accident, describing her painful recovery period, her tenure at the University of New Mexico, and her encounters with numerous people of faith.
About: Recounts the author's rediscovery of faith and purpose after a disabling accident, describing her painful recovery period, her tenure at the University of New Mexico, and her encounters with numerous people of faith.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Ice Cube Pr (September 24, 2008)
9781888160338 | details & prices | 295 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Injured in a car accident, Swander made a pilgrimage to New Mexico where she sought the aid of traditional Hispanic and Native American healers in her recovery.
About: Injured in a car accident, Swander made a pilgrimage to New Mexico where she sought the aid of traditional Hispanic and Native American healers in her recovery.
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Reprint edition from Penguin USA (June 29, 2004)
9780142196304 | details & prices | 332 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.52 lbs | List price $23.00
About: Recounts the author's rediscovery of faith and purpose after a disabling accident, describing her painful recovery period, her tenure at the University of New Mexico, and her encounters with numerous people of faith--including a Russian Orthodox monk and a native curandera.
About: Recounts the author's rediscovery of faith and purpose after a disabling accident, describing her painful recovery period, her tenure at the University of New Mexico, and her encounters with numerous people of faith--including a Russian Orthodox monk and a native curandera.
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