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That Jazz

By: Joan Liburd

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As long as she can remember, Jazz has always been her daddys little princess. As she grows up on a beautiful Caribbean island, she is happy in his company and he is happy in hers. But when he becomes the victim of a deadly accident, Jazz and her mother drift apart emotionally, eventually sending Jazz disappearing into the night without a trace. As she attempts to forge a new life for herself, Jazz struggles against loneliness and feelings of abandonment; still, with a combination of good luck, instinct, and talent, she manages to surviveuntil she is betrayed by a trusted companion. Ten years later, in a fit of anger and despair, she returns home to those she deserted and discovers that Jason, her childhood sweetheart, is about to be married. Jazz wants him backnot only because she loves him, but because he can provide her with something she has always wanted: a big family. Jazz is prepared to give up everythingincluding the comfortable life she has created for herselffor love, but she soon discovers that her journey to happiness is more complicated than she ever imagined.

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342

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Trafford Publishing

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142695624X

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9781426956249

Confessions of Joan the Tall

By: Joan Cusack Handler

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Confessions of Joan the Tall

By: Joan Cusack Handler

Freedom and awakening of an adolescent, Bronx bred, Irish Catholic girl

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258

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UPNE

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1933880376

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9781933880372

The Art of Joan Brown

By: Karen Tsujimoto,Jacquelynn Baas,Joan Brown,University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum,Oakland Museum of California

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The Art of Joan Brown

By: Karen Tsujimoto,Jacquelynn Baas,Joan Brown,University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum,Oakland Museum of California

Examines the California artist's life and work, offering reproductions of many of her pieces

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324

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Univ of California Press

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0520214692

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9780520214699

Grace-Filled Moments with Sr. Joan

By: Joan Chittister

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Grace-Filled Moments with Sr. Joan

By: Joan Chittister

Appreciation for the small goods of life-the taste of warm, fresh bread, the birthday card in the mailbox, the hour of quiet that returns us to ourselves-is itself a spiritual exercise." As nourishing as our daily bread, this all-new collection of wisdom from spiritual master and renowned religious leader Sr. Joan Chittister is essential reading for all who long to grow closer to God and one another. Here she reflects on such important themes as St. Benedict's call to "listen with the ear of the heart," learning to cultivate happiness and find joy in moderation, and developing a deeper prayer life in our ongoing search for communion with God. Book jacket.

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139

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Twenty-Third Publications

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1627856420

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9781627856423

Conversations with Joan Crawford

By: Roy Newquist,Joan Crawford

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Conversations with Joan Crawford

By: Roy Newquist,Joan Crawford

Interviews with Joan Crawford provide insight into her views on her career, films, four husbands, lovers, leading men, children, and loneliness during her final years

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186

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Berkley Publishing Group

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0425050467

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9780425050460

American Saint

The Life of Elizabeth Seton

By: Joan Barthel

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American Saint

The Life of Elizabeth Seton

By: Joan Barthel

In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss. Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774. Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York and she lived down the block from Alexander Hamilton. She danced at George Washington's sixty-fifth Birthday Ball wearing cream slippers, monogrammed. Catholicism was illegal in New York when she was born; Catholic priests seen in the city were arrested, sometimes hung. When Elizabeth and her wealthy husband Will sailed to Italy in a doomed attempt to cure his tuberculosis, she and her family were quarantined in a damp dungeon. And when Elizabeth later became a Catholic, she was so scorned that people talked of burning down her house. American Saint is the inspiring story of a brave woman who forged the way for the other women who followed and who made a name for herself in a world entirely ruled by men. Elizabeth resisted male clerical control of her religious order, as nuns are doing today, and the publication of her story could not be more timely. Maya Angelou has contributed the foreword.

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304

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Macmillan

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0312571623

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9780312571627

Three Saints

Women Who Changed History: Genevieve of Paris, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila

By: Joan Williams

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Three Saints

Women Who Changed History: Genevieve of Paris, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila

By: Joan Williams

Most biographies of women saints tend to be brief summaries extolling their virtues, with a slight mention of their greater contributions to the faith and the world in general. Author Joan Williams has taken the lives of three often neglected women saints (Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, and Genevieve of Paris) and provides a look into their lives and influence and sheds light on their neglected stories.

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159

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0879463155

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9780879463151

The Privilege of Poverty

Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women

By: Joan Mueller

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The Privilege of Poverty

Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Prague, and the Struggle for a Franciscan Rule for Women

By: Joan Mueller

Early in the thirteenth century a young woman named Clare was so moved by the teachings of Francis of Assisi that she renounced her possessions, vowing to live a life of radical poverty. Today Clare is remembered for her relationship with Francis, but her own dedication to poverty and her struggle to gain papal approval for a Franciscan Rule for women is a fascinating story that has not received the attention it deserves. In The Privilege of Poverty, Joan Mueller tells this story, and in so doing she reshapes our understanding of early Franciscan history. Clare knew, as did Francis, that she needed a Rule to preserve the &“privilege of poverty&”&—a papal exemption that gave monasteries of women permission not to rely on endowment income. Early Franciscan women gave their dowries to the poor and were as passionately holy and shrewdly political in this choice as were their male counterparts. Mueller shows the crucial role played in this by Agnes of Prague, one of Clare&’s closest collaborators. A Bohemian princess who declined an engagement to Emperor Frederick II in order to found a monastery of Poor Ladies in Prague, Agnes capitalized on the papal need for a political alliance with the kingdom of Bohemia to negotiate the privilege of poverty for her monastery and set up a hospital for the poor in Prague. The efforts of Clare and Agnes ultimately paid off, as Pope Innocent IV approved a Franciscan Rule for women with the privilege of poverty at its core on Clare&’s deathbed in 1253. Only two years later, Clare was canonized, and the Poor Clares&—as they came to be known&—continue today as contemplative and active communities devoted to the same ideals that inspired Francis and Clare. The Privilege of Poverty not only contributes new insight into Franciscan history but also redefines it. No longer can we view early Franciscanism as primarily a male story. Franciscan women were courted by their brothers and by the papacy for their essential contributions to the early Franciscan movement.

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Penn State Press

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0271045450

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9780271045450

Book's by Joan Liburd

That Jazz

That Jazz

Confessions of Joan the Tall

Confessions of Joan the Tall

The Art of Joan Brown

The Art of Joan Brown

Grace-Filled Moments with Sr. Joan

Grace-Filled Moments with Sr. Joan

Conversations with Joan Crawford

Conversations with Joan Crawford

American Saint

American Saint

Three Saints

Three Saints

The Privilege of Poverty

The Privilege of Poverty

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