Louisa May Alcott: Illuminated by The Message: “Susan Bailey's new book is part of a series called Literary Portals to Prayer, which is meant to encourage a kind of literary lectio divina, a form of contemplative reading that is a pathway to prayer. An intriguing idea for a book, no? And there’s no better person to write it than Susan Bailey.” Lori Erickson, The Holy Rover on Patheos
“I never fully realized how much spiritual content is integrated into her body of work. Ms. Bailey extracts beautiful and uplifting passages and pairs them with Biblical ones that make similar points. It includes some of Alcott’s less well known works which makes me want to read those that I have missed.” Diane Brandi
Susan Bailey has compiled a remarkable edition of side by side texts, demonstrating a deep understanding of the life, world, and spirituality of Alcott. The matches [with the Bible} are spot on and insightful. Eileen Charbonneau. award-winning author
River of Grace: Susan Bailey’s powerful and beautifully-written book is much more than an insightful spiritual memoir. River of Grace is also a brilliant reflection on the connections between creativity and grace. A book one to cherish. Amy Belding Brown, author of Mr. Emerson’s Wife and Flight of the Sparrow
Susan Bailey is an accomplished researcher of all things pertaining to Louisa May Alcott. I found joy in the way that [she] shares about her favorite authoress. Miss Alcott's books wedged themselves into Susan's soul and allowed her to identify parallels and discover herself again. This is not a story of how to get over grief fast -- but how to deal with it and give your afflictions to the Almighty. Tarissa, In the Bookcase blog
"A very strange and solemn feeling came over me as I stood there, with no sound but the rustle of the pines, no one near me, and the sun so glorious, as for me alone. It seemed as if I felt God as I never did before, and I prayed in my heart that I might keep that happy sense of nearness all my life."
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Hi,
Interesting quiz, although I did not care for some of the questions. I scored 100%, but that is hardly fair since I have been studying LMA. As a casual reader I would probably gotten about 50%.
There was only one question that threw me a little . . .
100% for me. 🙂
Why doesn’t that surprise me? 😉
I’m Brilliant! 😀 Well, maybe not. 😉
Well, you’re brilliant on Louisa!
100%. Easy quiz for any casual LMA fan.
Agreed, I aced it too.
I was 10 for 10, too. 🙂
Did you see that Orchard House is doing their Summer Series starting on Sunday and running next week? Lots of good speakers and interesting topics IMHO!!
Wow that came up fast! I have all kinds of information on that series on the Events page of this site (https://louisamayalcottismypassion.wordpress.com/events/) – Scroll down to MASSACHUSETTS and then look for the dates of July 10-15 – there’s a basic description and then links to all the information you need. I have to work next week so I can’t go but if any of you do go, please consider guest blogging on this site – just contact me, I’d love to have your report.
I missed the name of her first unpublished story. Rats! 9/10!
All correct. 🙂 Good to know that I still know LMA, even though I haven’ been reading nor blogging about her for a while.Good to see all familiar names still regular here, feels like coming home. Hi ladies, I missed you!
We’ve missed you too!