Verdict: stick
The author was on the staff of the politics department at Rhodes University when I was a quaking undergraduate and I remember her well. She was one of the academics who wasn’t intimidating but warm and human. Consequently, I took on the task of reading and reviewing this book enthusiastically.
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December 2nd, 2009 @20:56 #
What a disappointment.
I was the second woman priest (after Nancy) to serve at St Bartholomew's church in Grahamstown, Nancy's parish, a couple of years after she retired.
Over the years, I heard from parishioners of how astute, vibrant, strong, warm and caring she was - and how she never flinched from challenging the status quo. Nancy has had a fascinating life story.
One would have hoped that this biography of the first woman priest in the country would have been hard to put down.
December 2nd, 2009 @21:32 #
Ingrid, it still sounds well worth a read to me. The criticisms mentioned in the review seem to be very much a matter of taste. I suspect another reader might feel very differently.