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Zusatztext “This is some woman. What a wonderful story Raymond Arroyo has written—wonderful because it’s true, because he got the facts, because she chose him to tell them, and because he’s a born storyteller.” —Peggy Noonan, author of When Character Was King “Raymond Arroyo masterfully captures the complexities, humanity, and tenacity of Mother Angelica, who has long been one of my own personal heroes. The founder of the Eternal Word Television Network, Mother Angelica is a woman who dared to dream, to stand up for what she believed in, and whose faith showed that anything is possible. In Arroyo’s hands, she becomes someone you wish you had the opportunity to know and love. Read this book and believe.” — New York Times bestselling author Nicholas Sparks “Mother Angelica’s personal words to me, her courageous example, and her constant prayers helped inspire my portrayal of Jesus in The Passion of the Christ . No one could have captured the essence of this modern-day saint better than Raymond Arroyo. His narrative gifts and understanding of Mother are clearly evident in this truthful and often candid depiction of one nun’s struggle to bring God to the multitudes. Surely this book, and Mother’s life will have an incredible enduring legacy.” —James Caviezel, actor “Mother Angelica is one of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time, and is truly one of my heroes. With his ‘insider’ perspective, Raymond Arroyo has done a masterful job capturing not only Mother’s immeasurable accomplishments but also her remarkable personality. Like Mother herself, this book has the unique combination of being both inspiring and entertaining.” —Thomas S. Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza and chancellor of Ave Maria University “A rattling good story of fear, faith, courage, and bulldog tenacity, beautifully told. The drama of Mother Angelica’s life is a powerful reminder that the extraordinary lies just beyond the ordinary—if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.” —George Weigel, author of Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II Informationen zum Autor Raymond Arroyo is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning producer, and a broadcaster. He is a Fox News contributor and a regular on the top-rated show The Ingraham Angle . As founding director at EWTN News and host of the international newsmagazine The World Over Live, he is seen in more than 350 million households around the world each week. Arroyo’s writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Financial Times, and other publications. Klappentext In 1981! a simple nun! using merely her entrepreneurial instincts and $200! launched what would become the world's largest religious media empire in the garage of a Birmingham! Alabama! monastery. Under her guidance! the Eternal Word Television Network grew at a staggering pace! both in viewership and in influence! to where it now reaches over a hundred million viewers in hundreds of countries around the globe. Raymond Arroyo combines his journalist's objectivity and eye for detail with more than five years of exclusive interviews with Mother Angelica. He traces Mother Angelica's tortured rise to success and exposes for the first time the fierce opposition she faced! both outside and inside of her church. 1 One Miserable Life Mother Angelica came into the world overlooked and certainly unwanted, at least by her father. She was born Rita Antoinette Rizzo in the unassuming town of Canton, Ohio, on April 20, 1923. Aside from being the birthplace of President William McKinley, Canton was a forgotten industrial hamlet an hour or so outside of Cleveland. Great scattering streaks of brown smoke billowed from her chimney-dotted skyline, an emblem of the productivity issuing from the little town. Steel was the bac...
