Women Saints

Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century features 21 saints who walked the earth in the 20th century and were canonized in the 21st. Each chapter tells the story of one woman’s radical gift and the world in which she lived. You’ll also find stories of everyday women who are living these gifts in ways large and small today.

In 1384, a poor and illiterate peasant woman named Ermine moved to the city of Reims with her elderly husband. Her era was troubled by war, plague, and schism within the Catholic Church, and Ermine could easily have slipped unobserved through the cracks of history. After the loss of her husband, however, things took a remarkable but frightening turn. For the last 10 months of her life, Ermine was tormented by nightly visions of angels and demons.

The bayou holds many secrets. One of them is what really happened to Lisette, a beautiful Creole teenager who died on the last day of school. Everybody in Fanchon's reclusive bayou parish knows Lisette died in a boating accident, but when the police take a closer look, they unearth the dead girl and find a surprise in her grave.

Meghan Decker is a woman who is attracted to women. She is also married to an amazing man, and together they are each committed to their faith, their covenants, and their testimony of Jesus Christ and his church. Growing up, Meghan could not see how her deep spiritual faith and her attraction to women could coexist. But after decades of shame, denial, and hiding, Meghan came to accept this part of herself. She realized that while she can't decide to change her sexual orientation, she can decide how to respond to the circumstances of her life.

Wer behält die Macht im Château? Wenn Commissaire Girard heiratet, dann in einem typisch provenzalischen Weingut. Während die Feier im Château Bernaise in vollem Gang ist, entdeckt Capitaine Purenne einen Hilferuf auf einem edlen 1953er Grand Cru Etikett. Wer wurde im alten Gewölbe gefangen gehalten? Lucie Girard gerät mitten in ein Familiendrama, das einige Opfer fordert. An Flitterwochen ist nicht zu denken.

1970. Saint-Tropez ist der Treffpunkt der Reichen und Schönen. Auf einer Yacht soll eine der größten Innovationen dieser Zeit an Investoren verkauft werden. Doch noch bevor der schwedische Erfinder Stefan Lindström seinen Deal abschließen kann, wird er tot aufgefunden. Ein neuer Fall für Lucie Girard, der zu einem Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben wird.

Sommer 1968. Eigentlich sollte es ein entspannter Urlaub an den Stränden von Saint-Tropez werden. Doch Aurélie und Serge können die Schönheit der Côte d’Azur nicht genießen. Obwohl sie die einmalige Chance haben, als Statisten bei dem Dreh von Swimmingpool dabei zu sein, passieren unerklärliche Dinge mit ihnen. Dann geschieht ein perfider Mord am Filmset…. Commissaire Lucie Girard ermittelt auf ihre französisch unkonventionelle Art. Gitanes-rauchend und mit femininer Intuition lässt sie die Verdächtigen zappeln....

Rose Mae Lolley is a fierce and dirty girl, long-suppressed under flowery skirts and bow-trimmed ballet flats. As "Mrs. Ro Grandee" she's trapped in a marriage that's thick with love and sick with abuse. Her true self has been bound in the chains of marital bliss in rural Texas, letting "Ro" make eggs, iron shirts, and take her punches.

Catherine, wife of one-handed Edgar, daughter of a Jewish merchant, and mother of two small children, is a Christian convert. Agnes, her estranged sister, has returned to Paris with the news that she is to marry a German lord. She wants no part of her Jewish family, except the sizable dowry her father can provide.

Ein Saint-Tropez Krimi mit Tempo und Esprit. 1970. Sex, Drugs, Fashion. Ein Model stirbt nach einer Foto-Session inmitten eines Blumenmeeres in einer Villa auf der Halbinsel von Saint-Tropez. Commissaire Lucie Girard ermittelt in der Zeit der Emanzipation und des gesellschaftlichen Umbruchs. Dabei wird sie selbst zur Gejagten. Fiebern Sie mit, und erleben Sie eine verrückte Zeit in den Siebzigern.

What can you possibly do when your dazzling life starts unraveling before your eyes? Julianna Di Santis, a 33-year-old ad executive with a dream life in New York City, is about to find out, as her life starts crumbling before her very eyes, leaving her to question everything she though she wanted.

After divorcing her cheating ex-husband years ago, 42 year old Lauren McCarthy is pleased with herself for finding ways to be happy that don't involve dating and men. Who needs that kind of headache or heartache anyway? Her best friends call her a saint for choosing a celibate life over a man in her bed, but Lauren considers it just self-preservation.

Still Water Saints chronicles a momentous year in the life of Agua Mansa, a largely Latino town beyond the fringes of Los Angeles. Agua Mansa is home to the Botanica Oshun, where people come seeking charms, herbs, candles, and above all, the guidance of the shop's owner, Perla Portillo. Perla has served the community for years, arming her clients with the tools to overcome all manner of crises, large and small.

Markie, a fortysomething divorcée who has suffered a humiliating and very public fall from marital, financial, and professional grace, moves, along with her teenage son, Jesse, to a new town, hoping to lick her wounds in private. But Markie and Jesse are unable to escape the attention of their new neighbor Mrs. Saint, an irascible, elderly New European woman who takes it upon herself, along with her ragtag group of "defectives," to identify and fix the flaws in those around her, whether they want her to or not.

In Saint behind Enemy Lines, Olga Kovarova Campora shares her experiences growing up, her first contact with Czech Latter-day Saints, her eventual conversion, and her experiences as a member of the Church today. She also describes that poignant moment when the Velvet Revolution officially brought a new life of hope and freedom to her homeland in 1989.

Nichts geht mehr im Casino von Monte-Carlo. Ein Croupier wird Opfer eines seltsamen Anschlags mitten in einem Rouletteturnier. Zu den Gästen gehört Madame la Commissaire Lucie Girard. Kommt Sie dem Mörder auf die Spur oder ist dieser nur eine Marionette in einem perfiden Spiel? Ein turbulenter Krimi, mitten in den wilden Siebzigern.

Rache ist süß und gemein. Der Maler Yves Honoré entzweit sich von seiner Muse Pénélope und landet in den Armen der Amerikanerin Patricia. Das neue Glück währt nur kurz, denn seine Ex terrorisiert das Paar. Als auch noch der Verlobte von Patti aus den USA dazustößt, ist das Drama perfekt. Leidtragende ist die Freundin von Patti, denn sie verschwindet spurlos. Wurde sie Opfer der Tragödie, die sich zwischen den Liebenden abspielt? Commissaire Lucie Girard muss alle Register ziehen, um zwischen Lügen und Intrigen ihr Ziel zu erreichen.

Her father always warned her that the bayou was a mysterious and dangerous place. She never suspected that the greatest danger of her life was lurking in New York City. Before their bags are unpacked one of two Cajun girls in fresh from Louisiana is found savagely murdered in New York. All the clues point to a wild animal, a perplexing development for a third floor apartment. Lacking a suspect the police accompany the murdered girl's French speaking roommate back to her reclusive Southern Louisiana town in search of a lead.

In ancient Ireland, an island ruled by kings and druids, the nuns of Saint Brigid are fighting to keep their monastery alive. When the bones of Brigid go missing from their church, the theft threatens to destroy all they have worked for. No one knows the danger they face better than Sister Deirdre, a young nun torn between two worlds.

Bei einem Urlaub in der Provence verliebt sich die Britin Penelope Kite in einen alten Bauernhof. Kurzerhand erwirbt die Frührentnerin das Gehöft und zieht um. Doch kaum angekommen, erlebt sie den Schreck ihres Lebens: Im Swimmingpool schwimmt eine Leiche! Es ist Manuel Avore, der ehemalige Besitzer des Hofes, der diesen wegen Spielschulden verkaufen musste. Die Polizei geht von einem Unfall aus, doch Penelope ist sich da nicht so sicher. Sie beginnt auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln.