The protagonist of this book nurses her husband for years after he breaks his head falling down the stairs, while their neighbors plan to hang her if he dies.
The protagonist of this book nurses her husband for years after he breaks his head falling down the stairs, while their neighbors plan to hang her if he dies. The beginning of this book recounts the traumatic birth of the protagonist's first child, after which she is rebuked by a priest at confession and subsequently tormented by devils. The title woman of this book receives the blessing of Julian of Norwich, and after negotiating a vow of celibacy with her husband, she becomes Jesus's (*) lover. For 10 points, name this spiritual autobiography dictated by an illiterate woman in the 1430s, which is recognized as the first autobiography written in English.
The protagonist of this book nurses her husband for years after he breaks his head falling down the stairs, while their neighbors plan to hang her if he dies.
The {Book of Margery Kempe}