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02620aam a22003858i 4500 001 5F993434CC9F11E5A75282D2DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 150731s2016 tnu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2015029203 020 $a 0718039610 (paperback) 020 $a 9780718039615 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)907184961 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d LF3 $d JIW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3573.O5266 $b C66 2016 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Wolfe, Suzanne M. 245 14 $a The confessions of X : $b a novel / $c Suzanne M. Wolfe. 263 $a 1512 264 1 $a Nashville, Tennessee : $b Thomas Nelson, $c [2016] 300 $a 298 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Before he became a father of the Christian Church, Augustine of Hippo loved a woman whose name has been lost to history. This is her story. She met Augustine in Carthage when she was seventeen. She was the poor daughter of a mosaic-layer; he was a promising student and with a great career in the Roman Empire ahead of him. His brilliance and passion intoxicated her, but his social class would be forever beyond her reach. She became his concubine, and by the time he was forced to leave her, she was thirty years old and the mother of his son. And his Confessions show us that he never forgot her. She was the only woman he ever loved. In a society in which classes rarely mingled on equal terms, and an unwed mother could lose her son to the burgeoning career of her ambitious lover, this anonymous woman was a first-hand witness to Augustine of Hippo's anguished spiritual journey from religious cultist to the celebrated Christian saint and thinker. A reflection of what it means to love and lose, this novel paints a gripping and raw portrait of ancient culture, appealing to historical fiction fans while deftly exploring one woman's search for identity and happiness within very limited circumstances"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Augustine, $c Saint, Bishop of Hippo $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Christian saints $v Fiction. 600 07 $a Augustine, $c Saint, Bishop of Hippo. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00061554 650 7 $a Christian saints. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00859491 655 7 $a Love stories. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 856 42 $3 Cover image $u /media.zondervan.com/images/product/original/9780718039615.JPG 941 $a 2 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20170425011036.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20160824020043.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5F993434CC9F11E5A75282D2DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search