Wind on the Sand: The Hidden Life of an Anchoress. (The Story of a 20th Century Anchoress). by Pinions - 1981

Ramsey, New Jersey.: Paulist Press.. Good. 1981. Hardcover. 0809123908 . 8vo - 20.5 x 13.5 cm.; viii - 80 pp. First published by SPCK of the UK in 1980, this is the American reprint. Two page foreword by Annie Dillard. From the back cover: "Pinions is the pseudonym of an English woman who dedicated her life to God by becoming and anchoress. She lived alone in a small hut near a cathedral . . . prayed, tended her garden, and corrsponded with persons all over the world who turned to her in confidence. Later, when struck by illness, she continued her life of solitary prayer from a hospital bed." The library markings, none of which are external, are a stamp on the title page and a pocket on the inside of the back cover. Previous owner's name crossed out on the title page and the spine and spine magin of the front cover are faded or sunned. Otherwise clean with a sound binding. .