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Mother Teresa
Beyond the Image
by Anne Sebba
ISBN: 0385489528
ISBN-13: 9780385489522
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Because there were at least 25 profiles of Mother Teresa already in print by the mid-90s, with all but a few unabashedly more hagiographical than biographical, author Anne Sebba originally envisioned this as a more critical look at her life and work that would go "Beyond the Image" (the book's original subtitle). By the time it was published in the month following Mother Teresa's death in September, 1997, both its focus and its subtitle had changed. Sebba's "Detailed, Up-to-Date Biography" (the revised subtitle), while still more critical than many (both her order's medical and fundraising practices and her own public stances on abortion and other social and political issues earn questionable marks), offers a more nuanced treatment than Christopher Hitchens's exuberantly critical effort, "Missionary Position", published in 1995 by Routledge. While Sebba's portrait (whose earlier book "Battling for News" chronicled women's entry into the rough-and-tumble world of British journalism) does not shrink from acknowledging her subject's flaws, she concludes that the full sum of Mother Teresa's contribution was immense.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 297
Publisher's Notes
Mother Teresa of Calcutta--no figure alive today has received the adulation that she has, and she is frequently cited as the living embodiment of Christian kindness. Recipient of numerous humanitarian awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, she had been characterized as a living saint and commands unrivaled international attention, even at the highest levels. Yet the respect she has received has not been unanimous, and since 1990 serious criticisms have been directed at this modern icon, who had once seemed beyond reproach. In this fascinating biography Anne Sebba reveals the truth behind Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity. She considers her attitudes toward abortion (women who have had abortions are hailed as murderers), rape (women who have been raped are given no help in terminating their pregnancy), her association with dictators such as the Duvaliers in Haiti, her medical negligence (inadequate use of painkillers, reuse of unsterilized needles), her ethics (she accepted hundreds of thousands of stolen dollars from S&L financier Charles Keating). Alongside these unflattering aspects, this work also considers the highlights of her dedication to the sick, dying and destitute, and looks at the motivation that drives Mother Teresa. Hers is an extraordinary life, full of paradox. She has enormous courage, love and determination, and her work poses some of the most profound questions of our age.
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New York: Doubleday, 1997. This book has a white dj with blue and gold lettering and a color cover photo illustration. Dj price-clipped, some light dj edgewear, but inner pages clean, binding tight. Illustrated with black-and-white photos, this book traces the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, born Agnes Bojaxhiu of Albania, and the impact her work continues to have. 297 pages, including index; approx. 6"x9". DAILY PROCESSING, QUICK RESPONDING DEALER.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Photo Illustrated. ( more information) Offered by Connie Popek, Bookseller (United States)
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