A new angle on the world’s beloved Saint Francis of Assisi: a story told in the form of linked poems about the amazing life of “Francesco” who went from wealthy man-about-town to warrior to family rebel to great spiritual leader. This change had much to do with Francis’s dramatic break with his father, Pietro._x000D_
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Marcy Heidish, seasoned historical novelist and poet, has used Pietro’s point-of-view for a different look at Francis’s life. Original and lyrical, by turns moving and amusing, Heidish’s story-poems sing of a unique Saint — and of us, reaching for renewal and hope._x000D_
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Marcy Heidish is an award-winning author of twenty books: fiction and non-fiction and poetry. She is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and other awards. Her novel about Harriet Tubman, A Woman Called Moses, was made into a TV movie starring Cicely Tyson. She has lived in Colorado and Washington, D.C._x000D_
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Ms. Heidish holds a B.A. With Honors from Vassar College and an M
My Son, Saint Francis: A Story in Poetry
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