Mark Salzman\'s Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman\'s soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power-and price-of faith.
Yet her visions are accompanied by shattering headaches that compel Sister John to seek medical.
Her life and writings have become examples of devotion.
Sister John\'s cloistered life of peace and prayer has been electrified by ever more frequent visions of God\'s radiance, leading her toward a deep religious ecstasy.
Mark Salzman\'s Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman\'s soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power-and price-of faith