The Resource The scent of God : a memoir, Beryl Singleton Bissell
The scent of God : a memoir, Beryl Singleton Bissell
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- Summary
- A story of the forbidden love between a nun and a priest. When her family moves to Puerto Rico in the early 1950s, 13-year-old Beryl enters a milieu heady with sexuality and passion. Uncomfortable in her developing body and yearning for unconditional love, she becomes convinced that only God can satisfy her longing. At 18, she enters a cloistered convent in New Jersey. At first, she is blissfully happy. Within the year, however, she has become anorectic and prey to other obsessive compulsions. She perseveres for another ten years, until she must return home to Puerto Rico to help care for her ailing father. There, she discovers that religious garb cannot protect her from her budding sexuality. She is drawn to a handsome Italian priest, and undergoes a belated coming of age. For the next three years, she struggles to reconcile human desire with spiritual longing.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages)
- Contents
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- Part I: Dawn
- Matins
- God in 1947
- Island living
- Puerto Rican adolescence
- Transitions
- Following my vocation
- Lauds
- Entering the monastery
- Within the walls
- The wedding gown
- Becoming a Novice
- Getting thin for God
- Prime
- Lost in a world of sisters
- A mother's scars
- Solemn vows
- Finding my way back
- Your mother needs you
- Part II: Midday
- Terce
- The return
- Waking up
- Sexy feet
- Seeking a friend
- The return to the monastery
- Sext
- Taking care of daddy
- A drive in the country
- The flowering
- Keeping the faith
- Staggered time
- None
- Teaching Vittorio yoga
- Ashes of a vocation
- Falling in love
- Death of my father
- Part III: Dusk
- Vespers
- Italy at last
- Berries at Baiae
- I join the Blue Army
- Back to the priesthood
- Vittorio's Italy
- Together at last
- Compline
- You have cancer
- Pregnant and married
- Baby and business
- A gift from tears
- Into the valley of death
- Living with cancer
- Last rites
- A tree of diamonds
- Label
- The scent of God : a memoir
- Title
- The scent of God
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Beryl Singleton Bissell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A story of the forbidden love between a nun and a priest. When her family moves to Puerto Rico in the early 1950s, 13-year-old Beryl enters a milieu heady with sexuality and passion. Uncomfortable in her developing body and yearning for unconditional love, she becomes convinced that only God can satisfy her longing. At 18, she enters a cloistered convent in New Jersey. At first, she is blissfully happy. Within the year, however, she has become anorectic and prey to other obsessive compulsions. She perseveres for another ten years, until she must return home to Puerto Rico to help care for her ailing father. There, she discovers that religious garb cannot protect her from her budding sexuality. She is drawn to a handsome Italian priest, and undergoes a belated coming of age. For the next three years, she struggles to reconcile human desire with spiritual longing.--From publisher description
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- OCO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bissell, Beryl Singleton
- Dewey number
-
- B
- 271.9002
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BX4668.3.B+
- LC item number
- A3 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bissell, Beryl Singleton
- Nuns
- Bissell, Beryl Singleton
- Nuns
- United States
- Label
- The scent of God : a memoir, Beryl Singleton Bissell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 291)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: Dawn -- Matins -- God in 1947 -- Island living -- Puerto Rican adolescence -- Transitions -- Following my vocation -- Lauds -- Entering the monastery -- Within the walls -- The wedding gown -- Becoming a Novice -- Getting thin for God -- Prime -- Lost in a world of sisters -- A mother's scars -- Solemn vows -- Finding my way back -- Your mother needs you -- Part II: Midday -- Terce -- The return -- Waking up -- Sexy feet -- Seeking a friend -- The return to the monastery -- Sext -- Taking care of daddy -- A drive in the country -- The flowering -- Keeping the faith -- Staggered time -- None -- Teaching Vittorio yoga -- Ashes of a vocation -- Falling in love -- Death of my father -- Part III: Dusk -- Vespers -- Italy at last -- Berries at Baiae -- I join the Blue Army -- Back to the priesthood -- Vittorio's Italy -- Together at last -- Compline -- You have cancer -- Pregnant and married -- Baby and business -- A gift from tears -- Into the valley of death -- Living with cancer -- Last rites -- A tree of diamonds
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036890546
- Label
- The scent of God : a memoir, Beryl Singleton Bissell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 291)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: Dawn -- Matins -- God in 1947 -- Island living -- Puerto Rican adolescence -- Transitions -- Following my vocation -- Lauds -- Entering the monastery -- Within the walls -- The wedding gown -- Becoming a Novice -- Getting thin for God -- Prime -- Lost in a world of sisters -- A mother's scars -- Solemn vows -- Finding my way back -- Your mother needs you -- Part II: Midday -- Terce -- The return -- Waking up -- Sexy feet -- Seeking a friend -- The return to the monastery -- Sext -- Taking care of daddy -- A drive in the country -- The flowering -- Keeping the faith -- Staggered time -- None -- Teaching Vittorio yoga -- Ashes of a vocation -- Falling in love -- Death of my father -- Part III: Dusk -- Vespers -- Italy at last -- Berries at Baiae -- I join the Blue Army -- Back to the priesthood -- Vittorio's Italy -- Together at last -- Compline -- You have cancer -- Pregnant and married -- Baby and business -- A gift from tears -- Into the valley of death -- Living with cancer -- Last rites -- A tree of diamonds
- Extent
- 1 online resource (viii, 294 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1036890546
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