{"product_id":"9781457501449","title":"Awestruck - A Skeptic's Pilgrimage","description":"This \"haunted, hauntingly beautiful\"* memoir is a \"dazzling exploration of love between generations and between partners.\"** When the Black Madonna erupts like a volcano in the life of Joan Weimer, an agnostic Jew, this black-faced image of the Virgin Mary triggers painful memories of Joan's dead mother and threatens to estrange Joan from her husband, a committed atheist. As she tracks down the Black Madonna at her shrines in Switzerland, Italy, England and Spain; as she walks ancient labyrinths in churches and commons, Joan's outer journey makes possible a profound inner journey. With the help of a woman rabbi, she discovers that her mother's fitful love and the spiritual force that seem to come and go are both like flowing water: they abide even while they are moving on. *James Hollis, author of Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life **Mary Felstiner, author of Out of Joint: A Private \u0026amp; Public Story of Arthritis Joan Weimer's memoir Back Talk: Teaching Lost Selves to Speak was published by Random House and won a star from Kirkus Reviews as a \"powerful, inspiring memoir written with humor, insight, and a gripping gift for detail.\" She won the McGinness Award for nonfiction and was chosen as the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina. Weimer is a professor emerita of English at Drew University where she taught American literature, Women's Studies and creative writing.","brand":"Dog Ear Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173653135600,"sku":"9781457501449","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781457501449_p0.jpg?v=1763865472","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781457501449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}