# This Is Why I Came

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- Book: [This Is Why I Came](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-rakow/this-is-why-i-came) ([This Is Why I Came.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-rakow/this-is-why-i-came.md))
- Authors: [Mary Rakow](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-rakow)
- Publisher: counterpoint
- ISBN: 978-16-1902-828-9
- Pages: 204
- Published: 2016-11-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A woman sits in prayerful meditation, waiting to offer her first confession in more than thirty years. She holds a small book on her lap, one that she's made, and tells herself again the Bible stories...