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The Waiting Place by Barbara Ritter Garrison is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Waiting Place about?

"Now do you sort of understand what is going on? I am trying to take you with me to the tormented place I have always gone alone. It may feel like a form of madness, but isn't it absolutely exquisite? " — from the Intermission Advent, the season of waiting, is the perfect time to pick up Barbara Ritter Garrison's "The Waiting Place." But unlike the joyous anticipation of Advent, the "waiting" in this modem-day mystical tome refers. to a time -of difficult soul searching and intense questing for truth. The author takes her readers into an imaginary room-the Waiting Place--where - she cannot escape until she answers the riddle: What is life? "There is one question around which we write, compose, paint, sculpt, ponder, and try to live: What is life-all life, this life? Is death the end or will there be something more?" Ritter asks in the Intermission of her book. While trying to answer that question, the author realizes she must come to terms with her family of origin and face her own failings, fears and missed opportunities. She speaks with people from her past and present: her innocent, trusting sister; her greedy grandfather whom she grows to hate; her self-sacrificing mother; her

Who reads The Waiting Place?

Author

Barbara Ritter Garrison

Publisher

Chicago: ACTA Publications

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780879460808

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Philosophy, Religion, Psychology

Rating

3.75 / 5 (68 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13