I was extremely disappointed in this book. The author took a
revered and popular Catholic saint and basically turned her into
a sniveling brat with success hungry relatives (also nuns). The
negativity in this book was almost overwhelming. I might have
stopped reading it, but I was hoping for at least some redeeming
quality. I did not find it. ( )

2138 Therese of Lisieux, by Monica Furlong (read 23 Mar 1988) The author is a feminist and has some carping things to say, but yet the book was an interesting study. Of course, the failure of St Therese and her superior to take care of her health is sad, and that the convent was so cold makes one feel sorry for St. Therese, but the supreme heroicity of he life is still astounding. ( )