Barbara Mujica's novel of the life of Saint Teresa of Avila is reviewed in the new issue of The Washingtonian magazine. Critic Emily Halonen notes that Mujica's "intimate novel about St. Teresa of Avila is as much about friendship and love as is it about faith and salvation." Since publication, this beautifully written book as received glowing reviews; Entertainment Weekly said: "Eschewing sacred sentiment for rich, gritty anecdotes, Sister Teresa, Barbara Mujica's well-researched novel reimagines famed 16th-century Teresa of Avila as a vibrant and fully fleshed woman not above vanity, deceit, and a little pre-convent hanky-panky." The new trade paperback edition of Sister Teresa: A Novel will be published in March.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Barbara Mujica's SISTER TERESA: A NOVEL Reviewed in The Washingtonian
Barbara Mujica's novel of the life of Saint Teresa of Avila is reviewed in the new issue of The Washingtonian magazine. Critic Emily Halonen notes that Mujica's "intimate novel about St. Teresa of Avila is as much about friendship and love as is it about faith and salvation." Since publication, this beautifully written book as received glowing reviews; Entertainment Weekly said: "Eschewing sacred sentiment for rich, gritty anecdotes, Sister Teresa, Barbara Mujica's well-researched novel reimagines famed 16th-century Teresa of Avila as a vibrant and fully fleshed woman not above vanity, deceit, and a little pre-convent hanky-panky." The new trade paperback edition of Sister Teresa: A Novel will be published in March.
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