01171cam a2200325 4500 1056132578 TxAuBib 20180129120000.0 030402s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2003047550 9780385721271 0385721277 9780676974676 0676974678 DLC DLC ICrlF TxAuBib Armstrong, Karen. The spiral staircase : my climb out of darkness / Karen Armstrong. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2004. xxii, 305 p. ; 20 cm. Wilson's Senior High School. School Library Journal. Library Journal. Karen Armstrong chronicles her struggle against despair that started with her departure in 1969 from the Roman Catholic convent she had entered seven years before and ended when she rediscovered her spirituatlity through her writing. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20180129. Armstrong, Karen 1944- Ex-nuns Biography.