Bøger af Patricia Doherty

"The death of those people has nothing to do with me!" Ellie Madsen longed to believe that, but what else could explain the attempts on her life? She was afraid, and though she knew the fear was separating her from a lost love, she was powerless to break free. It took the searing honesty of a desperately lonely teenager and the good sense of a maddeningly Irish priest to thrust her past her own emotional upheaval and into the cold light of reality. She wouldn't enjoy the fruits of the struggle, however, until she stopped trusting the one she wanted to love. If she faltered in this, she would die: it was as simple as that.

What was really wrong with Peter's mother-in-law? How did it feel for a crippled man to be hauled out of bed by well-meaning friends, manhandled up to the top of a house, and dropped through a hole in the roof? What led up to their healings, and what transformations occurred because of encounters with Jesus Christ? I wanted to know about the people who appear in the Gospels just long enough to be touched by him. What were their stories? To find out, I had to write them, and the result was Visitations of Grace. Jesus himself knew that people love to hear stories, and to this day that hasn't changed. Our understanding of the Bible is enriched when we can identify with the flesh-and-blood human beings whose lives fill its pages. The stories in Visitations of Grace involve the transformations of ordinary people, such as those of the head steward at Cana, the man living with the Samaritan woman, and a Roman soldier stationed in Jerusalem.

Patricia Doherty looked deeply into people, nature, events, and herself. She knew whether beauty was intrinsic or superficial, and understood the complexities and contraditions of human nature, which she chronicled in the Dismas Shaunnesey Mysteries and Visitations of Grace. In her poems she reflected on life: the joys, the sorrows, the humor, the irony, the goals, the frustrations, and looked to make sense of them. They surprise us, as they surprised her, with their glimpses into and beyond our world.

Father Peter Schimmel regretfully resigns a beloved pastorate to pull the bishop's chestnuts out of the fire in a troubled and resentful parish. He soon finds himself embroiled in a battle for the minds - and bodies - of the homeless teens that shelter in the town. Only after murder strikes close to home and the boy he loves like a son disappears does he comprehend the depth of the malice he is facing. Enlisting the help of his friend Father Dismas Shaunessey, he is finally able to come to terms with the forces of evil at work in seemingly peaceful Beluga Point as well as in his own heart.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to church ... Thwarted in her desire to live in San Francisco, an ambitious woman decides to make a splash in bucolic Santa Marta. She needs allies in fighting a planned rehab center near her posh new home, and, egged on by a status-hungry friend, finds them at St. Francis Church, pastored and loved by Father Dismas Shaunessey. The lovely newcomer quickly establishes herself in the parish, with its hallowed traditions, and begins creating havoc. She underestimates, however, the deep emotional currents in the parish. As a result of her arrogance and despite Father Dismas's best efforts, events spin out of control. Without the camouflage of comforting traditions, parishioners must face their own demons, and some aren't equal to the task. Murder transforms the parish into a bleak war zone, but with a mixture of Irish intuition and spiritual insight Father Dismas unmasks the face of evil.

A bibliography of annotated entries for all published English-language materials by or about Marge Piercy from her first poem in 1956 to her latest novel in 1996 including print and electronic sources. Works by Piercy are arranged chronologically and annotations include publilcation history and list of contents for poetry collections.