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Jennifer Moorcroft

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in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, The United Kingdom

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I'm a Third Order Carmelite who spent years as a catechist before I ever thought of myself as a writer. Every book I've written started the same way: I met someone — a canonized saint, a 17th-century monk, a prayer I'd said ten thousand times — and I couldn't stop thinking about what their ordinary life could teach an ordinary reader.

That's how you end up with a shelf as varied as mine. There's Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes, a Chilean teenager who loved sports and her friends and became a saint doing exactly that — I've written her story twice now, once as a fuller biography and once as Juanita, closer and more personal. There's Brother Lawrence, a monk who found God scrubbing pots, and whose way of praying changed how I pray. There's My Ros ...more

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Average rating: 4.51 · 227 ratings · 28 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors

	He Is My Heaven: The Life of Elizabeth of the Trinity 4.58 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God Is All Joy: The Life of St. Teresa of the Andes 4.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practising the Presence of God: with Brother Lawrence 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Francis of Assisi (CTS Great Saints Series) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Simplicity of Love: A Biography of Marguerite Chevignard (Guite), Sister of Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity 4.89 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teresa of Avila 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elizabeth of the Trinity - The Great Carmelite Saint 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	St Thérèse of Lisieux: Transformation into Love it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	God is All Joy: St Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Elisabeth Leseur: Living the Faith through Life's Trials it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Catholic Response to the Jehovah's Witnesses

I've just had this book republished at an affordable price. It has engendered a lot of interest.
It is different from the biographies I usually write.
Over the years, my husband and I have had many conversations with the JWs and this book is the response.
I wanted to explain where their interpretations of the Scriptures were flawed.
I wanted to say why I considered their interpretations were flawed.
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Jennifer Moorcroft rated a book it was amazing Death Writ Large (The Clarendon Lexicographers, #2) by Susie Dent	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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