Mary Pages

Raised in an atheist household, Sally Read nevertheless saw images of the Blessed Virgin Mary from earliest childhoodand they remained with her in the most remarkable ways. Conscious of the conflict between her feminist values and what came to be a fascination with Marian art, Readthrough tumultuous relationships, loneliness, and distant placesbegan a unique quest to discover the true essence of Mary. These pages contain the strange, raw,and epiphany-filled stories that led to Read's dramaticnine-month conversion from atheism to Catholicism. Focusing not only on Read's life butalso onthe lives of others who, knowingly or unknowingly, encountered the Virgin, this literary memoir is a testimony of how a Mother patiently brought one child home to her Sonand slowly revealed her own heart.