{"product_id":"the-presence-of-absence-isbn-9780807070932","title":"The Presence of Absence","description":"Named a \"Reader's Choice\" for 1998 by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen she was twenty-seven, Doris Grumbach was visited by what she recognized as the presence of God. For a woman with no religious education or faith, the event was as unexpected as it was joyful. It was also never repeated. In \u003ci\u003eThe Presence of Absence\u003c\/i\u003e, Grumbach recollects her quest to recover the sense of God's presence through formal worship, private devotion, and the study of literary accounts of epiphany. Her account is a moving and inspiring journey through \"spiritual radiance,\" faith, and love.Bracingly candid and lyrically written. . . . Deserves to be as highly ranked as any work of spirituality since the writings of Thomas Merton.  --Colman McCarthy, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A candid, personal journal full of blind alleys, stumbles, yearning, and inspiration.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Grumbach] writes so beautifully, her book is a gift to all, including those not considering a plunge into the cold water of silent singularity\" -Brinkley Craft Goranson, \u003ci\u003eThe Virginian-Pilot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Graceful and elegant prose.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003eDoris Grumbach is author of \u003ci\u003eComing into the End Zone, Extra Innings, Fifty Days of Solitude, Life in a Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and six novels. She has been literary editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, a nonfiction columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book reviewer for National Public Radio. She lives in Maine.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299834253541,"sku":"NP9780807070932","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807070932.jpg?v=1767741055","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-presence-of-absence-isbn-9780807070932","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}