Download or read book Virgin Time written by Patricia Hampl and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-04-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gifted writer's inquiry into one of the most profound yet least discussed issues of contemporary American life: the individual's search for faith. It tells of Hampl's quest to escape the indelible brand of a Catholic upbringing, following her to the "old world" of Catholocism in Spain and France, where she meets other pilgrims, back home again, and finally to a monastery in northern California, where she is able to settle into the real goal of her search: the silence of prayer.