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Kathleen Norris discusses Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life Time: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 7:00 p.m.Location: Community Christian Church, 4601 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64112Phone: 913-384-3126 to order Admission Packages or for more information.  Author:  Kathleen Norris is is the award-winning poet, writer, and author of The New York Times bestsellers The Cloister Walk, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography, Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, and The Virgin of Bennington. Exploring the spiritual life, her work is at once intimate and historical, rich in poetry and meditations, brimming with exasperation and reverence, deeply grounded in both nature and spirit, sometimes funny, and often provocative.  Title:  Acedia & Me, $16.00 Trade Paperback, ISBN 9781594484384, On Sale Date:  March 2, 2010 The extraordinary New York Times bestselling masterpiece from "one of the most eloquent yet earthbound spiritual writers of our time" (San Francisco Chronicle). Kathleen Norris had written several much loved books, yet she couldn't drag herself out of bed in the morning, couldn't summon the energy for her daily tasks. Even as she struggled, Norris recognized her familiar battle with "acedia," a word she had discovered in early Church text years earlier. Fascinated by this "noonday demon," so familiar to those in the early and medieval Church, Norris knew she must restore this forgotten but important concept to the modern world's vernacular. An examination of acedia in the light of psychology, spirituality, the healing powers of religious practice, and Norris's own experience, "Acedia & Me" is both intimate and historically sweeping, brimming with exasperation and reverence, sometimes funny, often provocative, and always insightful. What:  Kathleen Norris will discuss her powerful new memoir, answer audience questions and she will autograph copies of her books purchased from Rainy Day Books, on our website and / or at our Author Event, that are accompanied by a Stamped Ticket.  When:  Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 7:00 PM Where:  A Rainy Day Books Author Event at Community Christian Church 4601 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Admission Package:  $16.00 plus Tax, includes from Rainy Day Books, One (1) Stamped Ticket, One (1) Guest Ticket and One (1) Copy of Acedia & Me(Trade Paperback) to be Autographed after the Author Presentation. To place your order, use the Add To Cart feature below. For At Event pickup, simply choose In-Store Pickup and add a comment to your order that you will pick up at the event.All Author Event Book Sales are Final and Non-Returnable.