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The Confessions of X by Suzanne M. Wolfe: A Book Review

The Confessions of X Author: Suzanne M. Wolfe Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: Thomas Nelson Release Date: January 26, 2016 Pages: 304 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Before 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.      She 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 Confessions show us that he never forgot her. She was the only woman he ever loved.      In a society in which classes rarely mingle on equal terms, and an unwed mother can lose her son to the burgeoning career of he...