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Article: Pray Tell: An Inspired Idea; 'Prayers on My Pillow'Is a Hit on the Shelves
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 4, 1999
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Every night, like a religious tooth fairy, Celia Straus dropped a
prayer on her daughter's pillow. The first came when 12-year-old
Julia asked her mother to write something to help her sleep despite
her worries; then for a year the act became a ritual. Julia collected
the prayers in a bedside bureau next to her hand lotion and her
retainer. Not even her father or sister knew. The prayers were hers
alone: secret exchanges between mother and daughter.
Before I go to sleep each night,
Before I turn off every light,
Let me put away my fears,
Let me brush away the tears . . .
Then, lo and behold, they became a book.
And the book, "Prayers on My Pillow," became 55,000 books. Plus a
popular Web ...
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Article: [The flowering of the soul: a book of prayers by women]
Anglican Journal;
October 1, 1999 ;
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...The Flowering of the Soul is a collection of prayers by women, edited by Toronto author Lucinda Vardey. The book is a rich treasury of nearly 1,000 prayers, poems, blessings, and thoughts about prayer, by women...traditions, from many periods of history. Vardey structures the book around five aspects ...
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