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My Grandfather's House: A Genealogy of Doubt and Faith

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Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography

In the tradition of Augustine's Confessions, Robert Clark tells the story of his return to the Catholic Church through the prism of the religious history of his ancestors. Intertwining their experiences as Catholics in late-medieval England, as Puritan settlers in 17th Century New England, and as 19th Century New England transcendentalists with his childhood in an Episcopalian boarding school and later conversion to Roman Catholicism, Clark presents not only a memoir but a testament of faith.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador

Release: October 06, 2000

ISBN: 0312243146

ISBN 13: 9780312243142

My Grandfather's House: A Genealogy of Doubt and Faith

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography

In the tradition of Augustine's Confessions, Robert Clark tells the story of his return to the Catholic Church through the prism of the religious history of his ancestors. Intertwining their experiences as Catholics in late-medieval England, as Puritan settlers in 17th Century New England, and as 19th Century New England transcendentalists with his childhood in an Episcopalian boarding school and later conversion to Roman Catholicism, Clark presents not only a memoir but a testament of faith.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Picador

Release: October 06, 2000

ISBN: 0312243146

ISBN 13: 9780312243142

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