SynopsisFrom
contemplative nun to Ansbacher investigator...
When Noreen Mackey, a barrister who had given up a
successful career to join an enclosed contemplative
community in the depths of the French countryside, found
herself back in the world again after only eighteen
months, it seemed like the end of everything. At
forty-eight, she was without a home, without a job,
without any apparent future. Yet less than two years
later, she was in the Cayman Islands, investigating the
Ansbacher affair on behalf of the Irish Government.
The Crystal Fountain is the story of the extraordinary
turnaround in one woman's life through her faith in God
and her belief in prayer. It is the story of a quest,
where the journey led along unexpected paths, and where
nothing was what it seemed at first sight. It is a story
that will give hope and encouragement to anyone who has
ever stood among the ruins of their shattered hopes. It
is the story of god's ways with us, ways that are not
like our ways, but that unfailingly lead to life, to
freedom and to happiness.
| Extract from "A
look at the books ahead" Irish Times: Saturday,
December 30, 2006
Book
Previews 2007:
From fiction to philosophy and from politics to
poetry, Arminta Wallace selects some titles to
look out for in the coming year.
MEMOIR
Noreen Mackey, the barrister
who gave up a successful career to join an
enclosed order of French nuns - and left again
after 18 months, only to find herself
investigating the Ansbacher affair in the Cayman
Islands - gives a full and frank account of
herself in The Crystal Fountain (Columba Press,
spring).
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