{"product_id":"the-confessions-of-x","title":"The Confessions of X","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the \u003cem\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/em\u003e 2017 Book Award!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore he became a father of the Christian Church, Augustine of Hippo loved a woman whose name has been lost to history. This is her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe met Augustine in Carthage when she was seventeen. She was the poor daughter of a mosaic-layer; he was a promising student and heir to a fortune. His brilliance and passion intoxicated her, but his social class would be forever beyond her reach. She became his concubine, and by the time he was forced to leave her, she was thirty years old and the mother of his son. And his \u003cem\u003eConfessions \u003c\/em\u003eshow us that he never forgot her. She was the only woman he ever loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a society in which classes rarely mingle on equal terms, and an unwed mother can lose her son to the burgeoning career of her ambitious lover, this anonymous woman was a first-hand witness to Augustine's anguished spiritual journey from secretive religious cultist to the celebrated Bishop of Hippo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiving voice to one of history's most mysterious women, \u003cem\u003eThe Confessions of X \u003c\/em\u003etells the story of Augustine of Hippo's nameless lover, their relationship before his famous conversion, and her life after his rise to fame. A tale of womanhood, faith, and class at the end of antiquity, \u003cem\u003eThe Confessions of X \u003c\/em\u003eis more than historical fiction . . . it is a timeless story of love and loss in the shadow of a theological giant.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942650314983,"sku":"9780718039615","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_08b7a87d-84a2-4de9-af5d-25d8d0f53b2a.jpg?v=1775265866","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-confessions-of-x","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}