“Areligiouscliff-hanger--intimate,compelling,hardtoputdown.“SANFRANCISCOCHRONICLEEagertoshakeofftheindeliblebrandofaCatholicupbringing,PatriciaHampleseeksthe“oldworld“ofCatholicism.Onherpilgrimageshemeetsothersseekers--crotchetyEnglishagnostics,AmericanFranciscanfriarsandnuns,andtheseekersthatfilleverycharterflight.Inevitably,too,shefindsthe“oldworld“rightathome,intheverypastshehadtriedtoescape.Butwhatsheislookingforconfrontsher,finally,onarereatatamonasteryneartheLostCoastofnorthernCaliforniainthestill,virginmomentsofsilentprayer....
