{"product_id":"when-the-parallel-converge-paperback","title":"When the Parallel Converge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura Dabundo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Parallel Converge spans the author's spiritual pilgrimage. It begins with her childhood under the care of her indomitable grandmother in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, site of the Great Flood in which ancestors died. From there, the reader shares a dark night of the soul when the author is marooned at a major airport after missing a connection from Dublin following a Celtic pilgrimage. Last, the author writes of her hospitalization and recovery from a nearly fatal infection, when she was much older, which tested her soul. Several poems on related themes also are included. The author learns lessons of life, loss, grief, faith, hope, charity, and grace, along with laughter and joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Dabundo is Professor of English, Emerita, at Kennesaw State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eJane Austen: A Companion\u003c\/i\u003e (in press) and \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Faith: Christianity in Jane Austen and William Wordsworth \u003c\/i\u003e(2012). She is a lifelong Episcopalian and a lay companion of the Anamchara Fellowship, a Celtic-inflected monastic community of the Episcopal Church. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42160259399815,"sku":"9781725297616","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7ea6931c1b4178e90429927fae4ee2d0_11559552-070a-4d57-8e08-43ef3b3da6f3.webp?v=1733272909","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/when-the-parallel-converge-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}