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Bagels and grits : a Jew on the bayou / Jennifer Anne Moses.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Moses, Jennifer Anne
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Moses, Jennifer Anne--Homes and haunts--Louisiana--Baton Rouge.
Moses, Jennifer Anne.
Moses, Jennifer Anne--Religion.
Jewish women--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--Biography.
Jewish women.
Religion.
Baton Rouge (La.)--Biography.
Baton Rouge (La.).
Louisiana--Baton Rouge.
Louisiana.
Genre:
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:
ix, 166 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Madison, Wis. : Terrace Books/University of Wisconsin Press, [2007]
Summary:
Leaving the East Coast and volunteering in an AIDS hospice in Baton Rouge, Moses encountered Catholics and Evangelical Christians, nurses, ex-cons, streetwalkers, and impoverished AIDS patients--all part of her journey of profound self-discovery.
Contents:
1 With God In Baton Rouge 3
2 The Dancing Widow 32
3 Dr. God 57
4 Hebrew on the Bayou 70
5 Holy Ghost 79
6 The Memory Books 94
7 Glimpses 106
9 Kaddish 120
10 Coming of Age in Baton Rouge 126
11 Where They Landed 144
12 God's Arms Are Very Long 149
13 Signs 162
Postscript: After the Storm 166.
ISBN:
0299224406
9780299224400
OCLC:
129947196

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