Another Chance

TitleAnother Chance
Year for Search1999
AuthorsBrescia, Martha T[herrin](1917-2015)
Date Published1999
PublisherAmerican Literary Press
Place PublishedBaltimore, MD
KeywordsFemale author, US author
Annotation

A religious novel in which the current system ends, and civilization is re-emerging in an area named Paradise that appears to be a eutopia, but is also a staging ground, a place of preparation for an even better life, with the novel focused on the period of preparation. A sub-theme concerns aliens who are defeated by prayer. .

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Author Note

The female author (1917-2015) was a nun with the Sisters of the Holy Spirit from after high school until 1969, and during World War 2 she was interned by the Germans from 1942-44. After leaving the order she taught in high schools and colleges.

Full Text

1999 Brescia, Martha T[herrin] (1917-2015). Another Chance. Baltimore, MD: American Literary Press. PSt

A religious novel in which the current system ends, and civilization is re-emerging in an area named Paradise that appears to be a eutopia, but is also a staging ground, a place of preparation for an even better life, with the novel focused on the period of preparation. A sub-theme concerns aliens who are defeated by prayer.  The female author was a nun with the Sisters of the Holy Spirit from after high school until 1969, and during World War 2 she was interned by the Germans from 1942-44. After leaving the order she taught in high schools and colleges.