Hardcover Book - 144 pages ~ published 1987 Great condition with some very minor wear on book jacket. 🌹 A beautiful read for a weekend of soulful and spiritual introspection
"Saint Therese of Lisieux is one of the most beloved Catholic saints of this century. Even before she was canonized in 1925 she had become the object of an adoring cult: French soldiers carried her picture into the trenches in World War I, and Pope Pius X declared he believed her the greatest saint of modern times. Her spiritual autobiography became an international bestseller. Yet she was an unlikely heroine, a simple French girl who entered a Carmelite convent at fifteen and died there at twenty-four after an outwardly uneventful life. Monica Furlong shows us just why this young woman has come to mean so much to so many, and just what forces made her what she was. This is a wise, accessible, and sympathetic look into the life of an extraordinary woman." ~ from the book jacket
