Uncharted Journey - By Donatella Young

Attractive, middle-aged Emily Hughes is happy and satisfied in her conventional, upper-middle class life. Then suddenly her husband asks for a divorce. Devastated by the divorce, wounded by the Catholic Church's annulment of her thirty-five year marriage and misunderstood by her adult daughters, Emily realizes that she, too, had been unfulfilled in the marriage. Emily has lost her spiritual compass and sets out on a journey to remap the rest of her life.

What sets this novel apart from others in this genre is the spiritual nature of Emily's quest. Her faith is both challenged and enriched as she explores new friendships with a free-spirited neighbor and friend, Frances, who accompanies her to Nepal to trek through the Himalayas. On this trek she meets a young Buddhist Sherpa and Roman Catholic priest floundering in his priesthood and finally an enigmatic man who has just spent the past year in a Buddhist monastery. Emily's journey with the help of her new friends leads her to find new ways to get on with her life.

Donatella Young was born and raised in New York City. She received her master’s degree in Liberal Studies from the State University of New York. She is a published poet and political activist who currently lives in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

READER TESTIMONIALS

“Uncharted Journey not only describes a woman’s actual, geographic journey, but her spiritual journey as well. Young deftly takes the reader through a multi-dimensional plot with intriguing conflicts nd a very satisfying conclusion.”
— Joan Foley Baier, author, Luvella’s Promise

Novel. Published: September, 2002
Format: Perfect Bound Softcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6x9
ISBN: 9780595247431
$12.99

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