{"product_id":"9781786898913-leaving-alexandria","title":"Leaving Alexandria","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir of Faith and Doubt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller is a memoir about faith and doubt, with a strong meditative and philosophical heart\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN\/Ackerley Prize 2013.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the tender age of fourteen, Richard Holloway left his home town of Alexandria, north of Glasgow, and travelled hundreds of miles to be educated and trained for the priesthood at an English monastery. By the age of twenty-five he had been ordained and was working in the slums of Glasgow. Through the forty years that followed, Richard touched the lives of many people as he rose to one of the highest positions in the Anglican Church. But behind his confident public faith lay a restless heart and an inquisitive mind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoignant, wise and fiercely honest,\u003ci\u003e Leaving Alexandria\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable memoir of a life defined by faith but plagued by doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535868862838,"sku":"9781786898913","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29627435.jpg?v=1774283393","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781786898913-leaving-alexandria","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}