Silent Dwellers: Embracing the Solitary Life

by Barbara Erakko Taylor

Overview

The inspiration for this book comes from its author's wanting a modern-day vision for solitude. She had no calling to leave society. She had deeply woven relationships as mother, former wife, volunteer for charitable services, and friend. She did not leave all behind but learned to live with all in a different way.This is her story told candidly and personally, but with a self-diffidence that will touch the heart of everyone who, in the words of Cardinal Newman, seeks to be alone with the Alone.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826412126
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/01/1999
Series:	Embracing the Solitary Life
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.23(d)

About the Author

Barbara Erakko Taylor comes from a technologically-rich background, having designed information systems for the White House Executive Office as well as several Fortune 500 companies. Today she lives a solitary lifestyle.

Editorial Reviews

"Appealing...enough to make one pause and contemplate." Booklist

"Travelling with the author through the challenges and joys of her steadfast and prayerful pilgrimage toward a contemplative lifestyle is a rare treat not to be missed! A spiritual gem." Nan Merrill

"Silent Dwellers continues Barbara Erakko Taylor's excellent work on silence and solitude. Well written and easily readable, this book reveals both practical insights and deep wisdom that can only come from extended personal experience. I highly recommend it for anyone who has felt the call of simplicity, stillness, and solitude."-Gerald G. May

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