The Life of a Mystic - I, Julian by Claire Gilbert - a review by Sarah Nicholson
I will confess until very recently I knew very little about Mother Julian of Norwich, perhaps just enough to write on a hazelnut, I’m sure I could fit “all will be well” – her most famous saying - on one, if I wrote in really, really, tiny letters. · I knew she lived a very long time ago – she was born in 1342. · I knew she lived in Norwich, in a cell beside a church, a bit like a nun. · I knew she wrote a book called “Revelations of Divine Love.” I picked up a copy in a charity shop once, but it just sits on my shelf gathering dust – one day I might read it. Actually it has the distinction of being the first book written by a woman in English, which is quite a feat. Now there is a fictional autobiography about her called I, Julian by Claire Gilbert, which brings this mystical woman to life. I never really enjoyed history at school but give me a...