{"product_id":"revelations","title":"Revelations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA kind of fifteenth-century\u003cem\u003e Eat, Pray, Love, Revelations\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the intersecting lives of two female mystics who changed history—Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBishop’s Lynn, England, 1413. At the age of forty, Margery Kempe has nearly died giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can’t trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePouring out her heart, Margery confesses that she has been haunted by visceral religious visions. Julian then offers up a confession of her own: she has written a secret, radical book about her own visions, \u003cem\u003eRevelations of Divine Love. \u003c\/em\u003eNearing the end of her life and fearing Church authorities, Julian entrusts her precious book to Margery, who sets off the adventure of a lifetime to secretly spread Julian's words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Sharratt vividly brings the medieval past to life as Margery blazes her trail across Europe and the Near East, finding her unique spiritual path and vocation. It’s not in a cloistered cell like Julian, but in the full bustle of worldly existence with all its wonders and perils.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Sharratt","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51670334079282,"sku":"9780358697398","price":15.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780358697398.jpg?v=1787959178","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/revelations","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}