TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniell,Beth
TI  - A communion of friendship: literacy, spiritual practice, and women in recovery 
T2  - Studies in writing & rhetoric
SN  - 9780809388882
AV  - PE1405.U6 D36 2003
U1  - 808/.042/082 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Carbondale
PB  - Southern Illinois University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - United States
KW  - Twelve-step programs
KW  - Women
KW  - Education
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Adult education
KW  - Narrative therapy
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Spiritual life
KW  - Programmes à douze étapes
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Éducation
KW  - Amitié féminine
KW  - Éducation des adultes
KW  - Thérapie narrative
KW  - Vie spirituelle
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Composition & Creative Writing
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - REFERENCE
KW  - Writing Skills
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-191) and index; Cover; Other Books in the Studies in Writing & Rhetoric Series; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments: The Social Nature of (My Own) Literacy; Introduction: Women's Stories Have Not Been Told; 1. A Dais for My Words; 2. Composing (as) Power; 3. Reading as a Matter of Life; 4. Power as Positive and Available; 5. Literacy Lessons; Appendix A: The Twelve Steps of Al-Anon; Appendix B: An Essay on Research and Telling the Truth; References; Index; Author Biography; Studies in Writing & Rhetoric; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010
N2  - Drawing on interviews and an array of scholarly work, Beth Daniell maps out the relations of literacy and spirituality in A Communion of Friendship: Literacy, Spiritual Practice, and Women in Recovery. Daniell tells the story of a group of women in "Mountain City" who use reading and writing in their search for spiritual growth. Diverse in socioeconomic status, the Mountain City women are, or have been, married to alcoholics. In Al-Anon, they use literacy to practice the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in order to find spiritual solutions to their problems. In addition, Daniell demonstr
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