Lying Awake -- Mark Salzman, Paperback Misfits but because they choose to

but because they choose to see the world differently

on an eight-track recorder

"--Ben Brantley

BBC World Service

Lying Awake -- Mark Salzman, Paperback Misfits but because they choose toMark Salzman's Lying Awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one woman's soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the power and price of faith. Sister John's cloistered life of peace and prayer has been electrified by ever more frequent visions of God's radiance, leading her toward a deep religious ecstasy. Her life and writings have become examples of devotion. Yet her visions are accompanied by shattering headaches that