Treacy-Cole outlines Eddy’s rocky and sometimes tragic life story through childhood, marriages, motherhood, illnesses and financial struggles—leading up to years of deep Bible study, her discovery of Christian Science, the writing of her textbook, Science and Health, and organization of her Church. Treacy-Cole finds early Christian patriarchy as precedent for 19th-century male clergy and press dismissal of Mary Baker Eddy.
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