Summary
From devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Ten years on she’d calmed right down and was just ‘lapsed’. Then, on a family trip to Rome, her young daughter expressed a desire to be baptised. Monica found herself re-examining her own childhood and how Catholicism had shaped her. Was it really out of her system or was it in her blood for l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780733340819 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0733340814 |
| Author: | Monica Dux |
| Publisher: | ABC Books |
| Imprint: | ABC Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 6 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 430g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 155mm x 28mm |
About The Author
Monica Dux
Monica Dux is a writer, and a columnist for The Age. She was a founding board member of the Stella Prize, and the Feminist Writers Festival. In a former life, Monica researched history at the University of Melbourne, worked at Melbourne University Publishing and on The Monthly magazine. She is the author of Things I Didn’t Expect (When I Was Expecting), co-author of The Great Feminist Denial and editor of the anthology Mothermorphosis.
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