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200 10$aGraceful exits$b[electronic resource] $eCatholic women and the art of departure /$fDebra Campbell
210   $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2003
215   $a1 online resource (245 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-253-34316-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-202) and index.
327   $tI leap over the wall --$tFalling away or crossing over? --$tBe-ing is be/leaving --$tA nun forever --$tComing home.
330   $aThe personal narratives of nine 20th-century Catholic female authors --                Monica Baldwin, Antonia White, Mary McCarthy, Mary Gordon, Mary Daly, Barbara                Ferraro, Patricia Hussey, Karen Armstrong, and Patricia Hampl -- speak eloquently                about the process of departure from the church and its institutions. This study                explores each author's breaking of the taboo associated with women leaving their                ""proper place."" It locates five themes at the heart of all of their                narratives: reversal, boundary crossing, dia
606   $aCatholic women$xBiography$xHistory and criticism
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606   $aEx-nuns$xBiography$xHistory and criticism
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