{"product_id":"a-place-of-light-9780991121502","title":"A Place of Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kim Silveira Wolterbeek\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cuidono Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cuidono Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Save the Women\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaught in a sudden storm and weakened by fasting, Robert of Arbrissel hears these simple words and begins preaching in brothels. But it is not his words or his seductive voice as much as his glowing halo that encourages Madeleine, an emotionally damaged prostitute who sees the world through a distracted lens of color and sound, to join him. Robert gathers followers and the reputation of sainthood, but he knows that his thoughts about Madeleine are not worthy of a holy man. Girard, a monk obsessed with food, finds following Robert only mires him more deeply in his own bottomless needs. Lady Philippa, Duchess of Aquitaine and Countess of Toulouse, first helps Robert's cause with a gift of land to build his vision of an abbey but later seeks refuge there herself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSet in early twelfth-century France, and based on historical events, \u003ci\u003eA Place of Light\u003c\/i\u003e reverberates with violence and beauty, with the parallel realities of prostitution and aristocratic marriage, the harsh aftermath of recent Viking invasions, and the intimate instruction of storytelling. Within that tumultuous world, four flawed souls, with their eccentricities and their passions, their painful vulnerabilities and their good intentions, their conflicted impulses and desires, help to build the Abbey of Fontevraud while searching for their own place of light.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKim Wolterbeek works with the formal sense of an artist, the mind of an historian, and the touch of a poet as she brings to life the passionate heart of the Middle Ages. She has achieved here something rather wonderful . . . a miracle, almost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlan Cheuse, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Authentic Captain Marvel Ring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA finely-wrought tapestry of a novel . . . A rich chronicle of four unique spiritual journeys, \u003ci\u003eA Place of Light\u003c\/i\u003e is powerful, believable, and moving.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Trebitsch Parker, author of \u003ci\u003eAnna Ann Annie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cuidono Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45082268270743,"sku":"9780991121502","price":1267.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780991121502.webp?v=1767263122","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-place-of-light-9780991121502","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}