Magdalene House

Sarah Vanhooser Suiter

Description

Women come to Magdalene House in Nashville when they are ready to leave the streets. They live togetherunsupervised and free of chargefor two years. During that time, the women are given time, space, and the resources they need to heal from what have often been lifelong experiences with suffering. (Of the twentytwo women now in residence, 80 percent have a diagnosed mental illness other than addiction, 40 percent are receiving treatment for hepatitis C, and onethird are HIV positive.)

However, the story of the Magdalene community is not about these statistics, but about the stories the women tell. They say they thrive in the community because it is a place where they are free to be themselves, safe to give and receive love, and free to speak their trutheven to complain sometimes about how their storytelling is exploited "for the good of the community." A Place about Mercy is a participantobservation account of the history of this remarkable community founded in 1997, its structure, its Thistle Farms beauty products operation, and Reverend Becca Stevens's communal and spiritual vision. The book is finally about what it means to walk the path of healing with a group of unlikely women as guide.

Magdalene House was the subject of a multiplepart documentary on National Public Radio.

Sujets

• Women's Studies
• Social Work
• Human Services
• Caregiving
• Medical
• Médecine
• Religión
• Sociology
• Caregiver
• Sexuality
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Vanderbilt University Press
• Date de parution: 15 mai 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780826518392
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

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ï  ô àçûà é, ï ô éé à àô éŝé é àçéŝ ï’é éŝŝé û, à ï àé éàé ôé ô éç à ô jûŝçé. Ā ï ô’  é ôé à ààéé éé éà à ô é “jûŝçé” ŝŝé. Śô ï àé ŝ ô é à àçé àôû éç. —Béççà Śééŝ, ààéé Hôûŝé ôûé

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é à ô ïéŝŝ: Hô Wôé Gé ô ààéé 32

é Śô ô Oé 54

Héà à Héà: Śéé éîô 74

Ś. Bééç’ŝ Gôŝ: Hôŝà àŝ Çôû àççé 95

Çôé àŝ Yôû Āé: ôé, Fôééŝŝ, à Béô

Śéà Oû û  ôé

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AcknowLedgments

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