{"product_id":"lapsed-by-monica-dux","title":"Lapsed - By Monica Dux","description":"\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Book Losing your religion is harder than it looks ...\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom devout ten-year-old performing the part of Jesus in a primary school play to blaspheming, undergraduate atheist, Monica Dux and her attitude to the Catholic Church changed profoundly over a decade. Eventually, she calmed down and was just 'lapsed'. Then, on a family trip to Rome, her young daughter expressed a desire to be baptised. Monica found herself re-examining her own childhood and how Catholicism had shaped her. Was it really out of her system or was it in her blood for life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn Lapsed, Monica sets out to find the answer. Her investigations lead her to test a miracle cure in Lourdes and visit the grave of a headless Saint who claimed to be married to Christ (and wore a wedding ring made of his foreskin to prove it). She speaks to canon lawyers, abuse survivors and even a nun who insists that the Virgin Mary starts her car every morning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith wry humour and razor-sharp observations, Lapsed is the story of one woman's attempt to exorcise her religious upbringing, and to answer the question, is Catholicism like a blood group and, if so, is it possible to get a total transfusion?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'Enlightening, forensic and laugh-out-loud funny' -- JANE CARO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e'A frank, funny and heartfelt exorcism of our need to believe in a man in the sky' -- SHAUN MICALLEF\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished: 2021\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eCategory: Biography\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePages: 352\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDimensions: 235 x 155  mm\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #f70909;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: \u003c\/strong\u003eRemaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e","brand":"Monica Dux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39448039325738,"sku":"9780733340819","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/products\/1000pxx1000px-2022-09-16T155203.459.jpg?v=1663307533","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/lapsed-by-monica-dux","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}