Written by an Orthodox convert Marly Youmans and published in 2020, Charis and the World of Wonders tells a story of America’s Puritan past hrough the eyes of Charis, a heroine who begins her narrative in the year 1690. Youman’s Orthodoxy is evident in the story; it is a story in tension with and threading through the Puritan New England tapestry, showing how Orthodoxy can grasp a wounded American feminine experience and lead it on journeys through Hades to wholeness and healing…