This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Pinto, Mara Ann".
Mara Ann Pinto was a high school student from South Euclid, Ohio, who had recently read The Seven Storey Mountain. She mentions her initial "aversion to reading books by priests and nuns"; however, she was glad to have read the book and mentions its profound effect on her.
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1967/05/05 |
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I've always been told that nothing can influence you like a book, and when you like a book, |
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