false 2928488 8 <p>Anne Rice has written magnificent tales of otherworldly beings: novels that explore the realms of good and evil, love and alienation, pageantry and ritual, each a reflection of her own moral journey. Now, in a powerful and haunting memoir&#8212;her first work of nonfiction&#8212;she writes about her own life as a Catholic.<br><br>She begins with her New Orleans childhood in the 1940s and 1950s, with all the devotions of her religious milieu. She describes how, as she grew up, she slowly lost her belief in God, and how, despite that, she was still compelled to live in a conscientious and meaningful way. She recounts her years in radical Berkeley, where she wrote <i>Interview with the Vampire </i>(a lament for her lost faith) and where she came to admire the secular humanist tenet of working to make life better for others.<br><br>She writes about loss and alienation (her mother&#8217;s drinking; the deaths of her young daughter, and later her husband, from cancer) . . . about the birth of her son, Christopher . . . and about how, after thirty-eight years as an atheist, she returned to New Orleans and&#8212;under the roof of her childhood church&#8212;once again came to believe in Christ.<br><br>A spiritual confession that is, as well, a celebration: a book that brilliantly, subtly explores the journey through life that allows one to answer the call out of darkness.</p> 2955896 7 10 2008 Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession total:300|5:61|4:91|3:99|2:33|1:16| 300 1048 742 128 4 5 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 11:46:53 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 04:44:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 19:55:57 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 21:30:15 -0700 2009
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Anne Rice, the woman known for writing about vampires, witches, mummies and spirits announced she was going to write books about the life of Jesus Christ.

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UGH!!!! WHAT A BORE!!!!! I am only finishing this book out of principle. I've never read Anne Rice's novels because they are my style but I have heard from so many she's fantastic. I was really ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 07:44:38 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 19:58:08 -0800 2008
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I'm not a Roman Catholic, either... though the book is about a person's journey from Catholic faith to atheism ...more...]]> 3 0 false true Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 12:15:34 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 03:22:38 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 06 07:51:51 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 07:52:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 18:04:10 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 11:48:25 -0700 2009
You Catholics or former Catholics out there might really enjoy her descriptions of growing up Catholic in New Orleans (or maybe your mothers would enjo...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 09:15:52 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 12:24:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 17:07:58 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 17:13:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 12:53:52 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 20 18:10:38 -0800 2008
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