Given up for you : a memoir of love, belonging, and belief / Erin O. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, Erin O., author.

Series:

Living out

Living out : gay and lesbian autobiographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White, Erin O.

Lesbian authors--United States--Biography.

Lesbian authors.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 192 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]

Summary:

In this candid and revelatory memoir, Erin White shares her profound hunger for both romantic and divine love. Both desires arrived unexpectedly and profoundly transformed her. In the 1990s, White spent Saturday nights with her girlfriend and Sunday mornings in Catholic confirmation classes. Gay marriage legislation was sweeping the nation and the lesbian baby boom was well underway. Could she be both Catholic and gay? White reveals her yearnings with bittersweet conviction, plumbing the depths of heart and soul.

Contents:

1 The Dinner Party 3

2 Basement Chapels 8

3 The Long Loneliness 19

4 Let a Joy Keep You 26

5 Ordinary Beds 36

6 Wake 42

7 Rules of Engagement 53

8 A Harmonious Match 63

9 Trust 72

10 Grace 79

11 The Church on the Hill 91

12 Milk Dud 95

13 Florida 106

14 Family Week 117

15 Eleanor's Desk 130

16 Remodel or Divorce 134

17 Today I Saw God in the Face of a Kitten 142

18 The Memory of Hunger 150

19 Easter 154

20 Sisters of Wisdom 160

21 Between God and Me There Is No Me 166

22 School Days 173

23 A Nest on the Altar 180.

ISBN:

9780299318208

0299318206

OCLC:

1003641911