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The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Karen Armstrong

The author relates her decision to leave her convent after failing to find religious fulfillment, her struggles with depression and epilepsy, her realization of her calling, and her career working with sacred texts.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Christian biography -> BiographyActivist BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryMental Health & Psychology

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestMajor2004FinalistSecondary source
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