The spellbinding story of her own search for God by the highly acclaimed author of the best-selling A History of God, The Battle for God, and Buddha. This book begins in 1969. After seven years as a Roman Catholic nun--hoping, but ultimately failing, to find God--Armstrong left her convent. She knew almost nothing of the changed world she was entering, and she was tormented by panic attacks and inexplicable seizures. Her struggle against despair was fueled by a string of discouragements--failed spirituality, doctorate, and jobs; fruitless dealing with psychiatrists--but, finally, in 1976, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and given proper treatment. Now, she began the writing career that would become her true calling, and as she focuses on the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, her own true inner story began to emerge. Without realizing it, she had embarked on a spiritual journey, and through it she would eventually experience moments of transcendence--the profound fulfillment that she had not found in the long hours of prayer as a young woman. Powerfully engaging, often heartbreaking, but lit with burst of humor, this book is an extraordinary history of self.
