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Article: China Galland's pilgrim path.(book reviews)(Book review)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 5, 2007
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LONGING FOR DARKNESS: TARA AND THE BLACK MADONNA By China Galland Penguin, 392 pages, $16
LOVE CEMETERY: UNBURYING THE SECRET HISTORY OF SLAVES By China Galland Harper Collins, 275 pages, $24.95
China Galland is probably best known for her book Longing for Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna, the deeply moving report of her transcontinental search for the feminine divine. Originally published in 1990, it is now being reissued at the same time that her newest book appears, Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves.
At first glance, the two might seem to have little in common. The first is intensely personal and spiritual, global and ...