Journeys Beyond Life
Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers, 1994. First edition. 8vo. 286pp. Very good in good+ jacket with some creasing and closed tears. This copy from the library of author Anne Rice, signed and dated 2002 on the ffep, with some underlining and tabbed passages.
Anne Rice's spiritual and religious journey is intricately tied to her writing. Rice grew up in the Catholic Church, but identified as atheist for most of her adult life. She returned to the Catholicism in 1998 following a near death experience. In 2004, she nearly died again from an intestinal blockage, a common complication of gastric bypass surgery which she'd had the previous year. Although she was strong in her Catholic convictions, she did not agree with Church's stances on social issues - particularly marriage equality and women's health.
Rice read this book just a few weeks after her husband Stan's death in December of 2002. Under her signature she labeled it "Mourning." Item #8940
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