Our Life Together - A Memoir In Letters
by Vanier, Jean
- New
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0232527407
- ISBN 13
- 9780232527407
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd. New. 2008. First Edition. Softcover. 0232527407 . This specific softcover book is in new condition with a cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "By any measure, Jean Vanier led an astonishing life. He was the founder of the international movement of L'Arche communities as well as Faith and Light, organisations that bring together people with developmental disabilities and the friends who share their lives. He espoused the philosophy that the marginalised, weak and lonely can teach us great things and that true spirituality can only come from our relationships with the less fortunate. Our Life Together contains over four decades of Vanier s letters to friends and to both L Arche and Faith and Light communities all over the world. The call of the disadvantaged brought Vanier to the heart of some of the world s great moments of upheaval: India during the Emergency Period; South Africa during apartheid; Lebanon during its civil war; the USSR in 1989, on the eve of its collapse; the West Bank during the First Intifada; the Philippines at the birth of democracy there; Rwanda on the eve of genocide. His letters bear witness to these turning points in history and also show his personal thoughts on the quest for peace, his own faith journey and the need for interfaith dialogue. With an insightful introduction by the author, Our Life Together is inspirational and infused with a sense of unity. It reveals a candid portrait of a man who sought to understand what it is to be a whole, compassionate human being."; 9.0 X 6.1 X 1.8 inches; 565 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Dr. Bookman - All Books Tightly Packaged in Cardboard (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23148
- Title
- Our Life Together - A Memoir In Letters
- Author
- Vanier, Jean
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0232527407
- ISBN 13
- 9780232527407
- Publisher
- Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- 0232527407, Jean Vanier, Biographical, Memoir, Becomming Human Author
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