From Scientific American
O'Grady's biography makes good use of the many diaries and letters that Dorothy Day saved. He often uses these innermost thoughts and feelings to bring her to life for the reader.
Review
Dorothy Day worked for almost 50 years among the poor and homeless, was an outspoken and often controversial proponent of peace and social justice, and broke bread with people as varied as Eugene O'Neill and Cesar Chavez. At the height of the Great Depression she founded the Catholic Worker movement, which continues to feed and house the poor in cities all over the world. Though she chose to work outside the limelight throughout her life, today she is known as the American Mother Teresa. Rather than describe Day's life from afar, author Jim O'Grady zeroes in on the thread of struggle, search and devotion that runs throughout it. -- Book Description
Highly readable and dynamically inspiring. -- Liguorian, August 1994
Highly readable and dynamically inspiring. -- Liguorian, August 1994
