
The Sewing Room
Uncommon Reflections on Life, Love and Work
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton(Author)
Morehouse Publishing
Published on 16. October 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
270 pages
978-0-8192-1723-3 (ISBN)
Description
Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is among the first women ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, in which capacity she has ministered in both the richest and poorest sections of New York City. She is also a sensitive writer who addresses the human condition with plainspoken eloquence and bracing moral common sense. Cynthia Ozick writes, "The Reverend Crafton's purity of insight and pellucid voice suggest transparencies - one sees straight through them into the unshielded light of the plainest human truths. A shelf is dusted, a grandmother's sewing machine is recalled, mothers and fathers are praised and appraised, a lost child is mourned - and the weave of our lives is movingly unwound, ribbon by ribbon, until our hands are filled with rosiness and rue. Upon small moments large mercies are shed. Barbara Crafton's essays are everyone's heirlooms". These rich, moving essays will be read again and again.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 134 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8192-1723-3 (9780819217233)
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BARBARA CAWTHORNE CRAFTON is a popular preacher, retreat leader, and writer who teaches at Marble Collegiate Church and at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, Episcopal Life, and many other publications. She is the author of many books, including Called, The Courage to Grow Old, The Sewing Room, Living Lent, and many others. She lives in Metuchen, New Jersey.