[light shelfwear, spine slightly turned, a couple of tiny dents at top of front cover, faint dust-soiling to top edge; jacket edgeworn, a few tiny tears; NOT an ex-library book]. "In this perceptive, compassionate memoir [the author], for thirty-one years a Roman Catholic nun, provides a vivid, fresh, honest portrayal of today's nun. She begins with her parochial school days [and continues through] the upheavals in her life as a nun: Pope John XXIII's call for aggiornamento, an updating of Catholic institutions, the development of her 'social conscience,' and her desire to be involved with the world instead of withdrawn from it, culminating in her decision to leave the order entirely. Her multifaceted account is balanced, clearheaded, told with humor and grace even as it criticizes and challenges."

Autobiography Nuns Roman Catholic Church Catholicism