I, Julian
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'I was completely hooked and considerably moved by the life and thoughts of this exceptional woman'
- JEREMY IRONS
'It is as if we have finally found the lost autobiography of one of the medieval world's most important women.'
- JANINA RAMIREZ
'A beautiful, intensely moving achievement'
- A.N. WILSON…
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Julian of Norwich will be remembered throughout history for her Showings, written in the time of horrific plagues. “All shall be well, all shall be well, and in all manner of things, all shall be well.” An anchorite (a hermit attached to the side of a church), we can only infer who this woman was.
Gilbert tells a lovely story of what might’ve been her growing up years and early adulthood before choosing to live the life of a hermit. I love the simple elegance of her storytelling.
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