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The majority of the book deals with sister john, her reasons for turning to a cloistered life, and her struggle to decide wh lying awake amrk mark salzman is a beautiful portrait of faith. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading lying awake. What he found so moved and astonished him that he began to teach there regularly. Salzman grew up in ridgefield, connecticut, the oldest child of a piano teacher mother and a social worker. Goodreads this book languished on my bookshelf for several years before i finally got around to reading it. Mark joseph salzman born december 3, 1959 in greenwich, connecticut is an american writer. Mark salzman s lying awake is a finely wrought gem that plumbs the depths of one womans soul, and in so doing raises salient questions about the powerand priceof faith.