Where God Begins to Be A Woman's Journey into Solitude [Paperback]

“In her inspiring, vividly composed and always faithful book” (Susan Muto), Karen Fredette describes a world where life is rich inbeingrather than inhaving. Selected as a Catholic Book of the Month,Where God Begins to Befulfills Murray Bodo’s observation that “instead of myth fabricated from a few fragments, we have here the details—the nitty-gritty, muddy details—of a hermit’s daily living.” Karen is a “Seer who brings you along with her, joyfully” (Richard Rohr). “In deftly drawn vignettes, Karper’s story, told with simplicity and gentle honesty, is one of faith deepening, beauty awakening, and love discovered” (Gerald May).

Karen Karper Fredette spent thirty years in a Poor Clare Monastery and six years as a hermit. She has authored four books, includingWhere God Begins to Be:A Woman’s Journey into Solitude, andConsider the Ravens: On Contemporary Hermit Life. Married in 1996, she continues her writing career on a secluded mountainside in North Carolina.