River of Fire is a work of nonfiction. Some names and identifying details have been changed.
Copyright © 2019 by Helen Prejean, C.S.J.
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Names: Prejean, Helen, author.
Title: River of fire : my spiritual journey / Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Random House, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018051678 | ISBN 9781400067305 | ISBN 9781984855411 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Prejean, Helen. | Sisters of Saint Joseph—Biography. | Nuns—United States—Biography.
Classification: LCC BX4705.P691673 A3 2019 | DDC 271/.97602 [B]—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018051678
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