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Nancy Klein Maguire, PhD became a widow in 2015, after a fifty-year marriage. Since then, her work has focused on the experience and the transcendence of dying, death, and grief. Her twenty-six month death vigil gave her the archive and insight to write The Monk’s Widow. Since 1981, Maguire’s professional home has been the Folger Shakespeare library in Washington DC.

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	An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order 4.18 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2006 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monk's Widow: A Memoir of a Resilient Love and an Intimate Death 4.24 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Regicide and Restoration: English Tragicomedy, 1660–1671 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Renaissance Tragicomedy: Exploration in Genre and Politics liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1987	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In the Name of God, Why?: Ex-Catholic Nuns Speak Out about Sexual Repression, Abuse & Ultimate Liberation

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Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning

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Under My Bed and Other Essays (American Lives)

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Listening to this book is terrifying. I kept listening because I was desperate to find out how Daniela got out of this religious cult. Since she was writing the account, she had been freed. I’m about halfway through and am impressed with her control ...more
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The hidden life of trees is essential rating for any tree lover. It gives a much deeper and magical sense of the beauty and magic of trees. It is a book that I reread regularly.
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Nancy Klein Maguire made a comment on Josephine (Jo)’s review of A Change of Habit: The Autobiography Of A Former Catholic Nun " Thank you, Josephine, for this good review. I suspect her story went far deeper than she admits in her book. This suspect she had serious PTSD after s ...more "
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