Shirt of flame : a year with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

If you have not read Heather King before, her honesty may shock you. In this remarkable memoir, you will see how a convert with a checkered past spends a year reflecting upon St. Thérèse of Lisieux—and discovers the radical faith, true love, and abundant life of a cloistered 19th-century French nun. "If you have not read Heather King before, her honesty may shock you. In this remarkable memoir, you will see how a convert with a checkered past spends a year reflecting upon Saint Therese of Lisieux - and discovers the radical faith, true love, and abundant life of a cloistered 19th-century French nun. The provocative title is inspired by a portion of T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets that says we all choose to live "consumed by either fire or fire." -- from publisher's website In this remarkable memoir, join Heather King, a convert with a checkered past, as she spends a year reflecting on Saint Therese of Lisieux and discovers radical faith, true love, and abundant life The author, a sober alcoholic and Catholic convert, chronicles the year she spends reflecting on the life and writings of St. Thŕs̀e of Lisieux, a cloistered 19th-century French Carmelite nun