{"product_id":"9780867168310","title":"Mary and Me: Catholic Women Reflect on the Mother of God","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"There's no single image of Mary that speaks to women today, and in this lies her power. She's the woman with a thousand faces and a thousand titles, transcending the boundaries of culture and age. She also walks with us on our individual journeys, engaging us in any number of different ways as our circumstances shift and change…You never can predict when or how she'll show up, smiling with gentle recognition, taking up residence in your heart.\" —From the Epilogue \u003cp\u003eHow does Mary, the Mother of God, speak to the modern female experience? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes she comfort, challenge or inspire? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGinny Moyer wanted to know how women today would answer those questions, so she invited women of all ages, some cradle Catholics and some converts, some lay and some religious, to share their thoughts on Mary. In the process of collecting women's stories, Moyer learned that the answers to these questions are as diverse as the women themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMary and Me\u003c\/i\u003e you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn eating disorder activist who describes how Mary helped her overcome her struggles with anorexia.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn attorney who reveals how a trip to the Holy Land inspired her to see Mary not as a passive figure but as a tough and resilient woman.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA religious sister who shares how the Visitation inspires her work with recovering drug addicts and prostitutes. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA music teacher and mother who explains her difficulty in relating to Mary's perfection, but how she still treasures Mary as a personal friend and ally.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e Woven with commentary and Scripture references, \u003ci\u003eMary and Me\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh, compelling look at the depth and breadth of Mary's influence on women today.","brand":"Franciscan Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022191411440,"sku":"9780867168310","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780867168310_p0.jpg?v=1763831211","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780867168310","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}