This is a revision of my older book "Looking for a Treasured Nun". The story line is unfolding as Ruth gets to know him. Is he her deity? Will theirs be marriage or will it be just a crush? Is love more powerful than vows? ~~ Koranteng Joshua Yaw (1987-??)
After living in the convent for most of her adult life, the writer found herself out on her own in the world. Whimsical and poignant, this is her actual journal as she struggled to maintain her faith and her sense of humor while learning how to live, act, and dress like a 'normal person'.
Take a quick glimpse of what it was like for me to enter the convent, leave the convent and then enter college.
'Disavowed' is a memoir of fifteen years spent as a Sister in three different religious communities, written with whimsical humor, gentle irony, and full of colorful details plus some grim truths about convent life. Idealistic, full of good intentions and hoping to be holy, the author, as a young woman, first entered...