Beschrijving
Written by a foremost expert on the life of the beloved St. Thérèse of Lisieux, this work is widely considered as the most definitive presentation of her life and her standing among the most popular modern saints. Who was this young French Carmelite who died in 1897 of tuberculosis at age twenty-four? At a time when extreme physical penance was widespread in many religious orders, Thérèse would have none of it. Her passionate love of Jesus led her to concentrate entirely on him rather than on personal austerities. Misunderstood in her own community but now universally loved, she left behind her autobiographical, bestselling book, The Story of a Soul, which captured with rapture her passionate love of Christ and the spirituality of \
