RaveThe Star Tribune... stunning ... a fascinating and important story ... It can\'t be easy to depict religious ecstasies without their seeming nutty, but Sharratt — by turns lofty and gritty in her prose — pulls it off, letting us choose for ourselves whether Margery Kempe was the real deal. Knowing what we know now about the human psyche, curated history and Church politics, I\'m inclined to think — thanks to Sharratt\'s thorough research and compelling narrative — that she was.
