Chance Encounters (Paperback)

Sister Sharon Hunter

ISBN 10: 164060846X / ISBN 13: 9781640608467

Published by Paraclete Press, Orleans, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. A new collection from Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ celebrating the people and circumstances who help make us what we are. "For several months in 2020, I awoke most days at 3:00 a.m. to a mind busily at work; my own, of course. I had a choice to make, ignore it or explore it. Vivid memories, pictures really, of people I once knew climbed from the depth of my subconscious where I'd cleverly assigned them. They captured my attention, and rightfully so, for I owed them. When we reject our heritage, as I did, because it's not image worthy, we cancel as well those who enhanced our lives. Good people, brave people, wise people, sometimes shady and crooked people, all contribute to our circle of life. To fully understand me, I must include them. Chance Encounters is my thank you to those I carelessly tossed away in quest of shallow acceptability. They're alive once again on the pages of this book. And I'm forever grateful for their vibrant beauty, courage, ingenuity, and fascinating eccentricities. They paid the world the high compliment of being themselves." --Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ "An honest, poignant, and thought-provoking book of poetry. In her vulnerability, the author challenges her readers to look for God's hand in their lives"-- Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chance Encounters (Paperback)
• Publisher: Paraclete Press, Orleans
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 164060846X
• ISBN 13: 9781640608467
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Mitchell, Sister Anna-Hope
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A new collection from Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ celebrating the people and circumstances who help make us what we are.

"For several months in 2020, I awoke most days at 3:00 a.m. to a mind busily at work; my own, of course. I had a choice to make, ignore it or explore it. Vivid memories, pictures really, of people I once knew climbed from the depth of my subconscious where I’d cleverly assigned them. They captured my attention, and rightfully so, for I owed them. When we reject our heritage, as I did, because it’s not image worthy, we cancel as well those who enhanced our lives. Good people, brave people, wise people, sometimes shady and crooked people, all contribute to our circle of life. To fully understand me, I must include them. Chance Encounters is my thank you to those I carelessly tossed away in quest of shallow acceptability. They’re alive once again on the pages of this book. And I’m forever grateful for their vibrant beauty, courage, ingenuity, and fascinating eccentricities. They paid the world the high compliment of being themselves." —Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ
 

About the Authors

Sister Sharon Hunter, CJ, is a professed religious of forty-two years at the Community of Jesus. Born in 1947 in rural Western Pennsylvania, her life was formed by both simplicity and severity of circumstances. Her writing, infused with practical, and sometimes-stark reality, amplifies her desire to offer hope and beauty in our sufferings. Her earnest prayer is that His radiant light shine before and beyond our forever!

Sister Anna-Hope Mitchell, CJ, is a religious sister at the Community of Jesus, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. A graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art, she has enjoyed many book design and illustration projects over the years.