Gathering of Larks: Letters to Saint Francis from a Modern-Day Pilgrim

by Abigail Carroll

Book Overview

Who was Saint Francis? Today he is most often a sweet ceramic statue in a garden, a sentimentalized romantic figure. But A Gathering of Larks , containing forty personal letters from Abigail Carroll to Francis, reveals him to be a complex man who lived a fascinating life of radical faith. These letters--part devotion, part historical biography, part contemporary engagement, and part inspiration--reveal Carroll's curiosity and wonder about Francis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802874452
• ISBN13: 9780802874450
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 7.8"