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SPIRITUALIST'S COMING OF AGE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 20010518
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Byline: Jennie Shortridge

By Kathleen Norris

Riverhead Books, 272 pages, $24.95

Grade: B

The Virgin of Bennington is a must-read coming-of-age memoir for those who revere the talented writer and spiritualist, Kathleen Norris. And there are many. Legions of readers made best sellers of her previous nonfiction books: Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, The Cloister Walk and Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith.

The Virgin of Bennington differs from these works in that it is her first continuous narrative and it chronicles her life prior to her religious conversion. ...

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