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  • Paperback: 344 pages
  • Publisher: Orbis Books; Revised, illustrated edition (May 15, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1570759219
  • ISBN-13: 978-1570759215
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe Definitive Biography of Day
By David Mueller on August 7, 2011
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"Love is the Measure", Jim Forest's first book on Dorothy Day was always my favorite biography of Dorothy. A couple of years ago, I was excited when I heard that Forest was doing a re-write of his original book. I was expecting some revisions and a few additional photos but I never expected a total revision and update warranting a new title, "All is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day".

It seems the perspective of additional years of reflection, the opening of the cause for her canonization, and the release of Dorothy's diaries and letters all impacted a fresh look at her life and Jim Forest so aptly gave us a new view of her remarkable life. It is written with the same personal attention to the details of each important phase of her live as was his first book. Each phase of her life is told like a separate story, written so personally as if he was with her at each step. It is the perfect way to tell the story of her life. Dorothy was fond of telling stories to others, and in my several meetings with her during the summer of 1976, she was more personally interested in my view points, opinions and life experiences than she was in talking about herself.

After the first 3 chapters, focused on her early years with her family, the next 8 chapters take us through the struggles of her young adult years beginning with going away to college. It was almost painful reading through these chapters as she struggled to find herself, which she finally did after the Spirit led fateful encounter with Peter Maurin on December 9th, 1932.

The following 7 chapters focus on the early years of the Worker. The core values are covered in separate chapters. At times it seems that competing priorities needed to be sorted out as the Catholic Worker sought to define itself.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsDorothy Day's Biography: Three times is the Charm
By Geraldo on May 6, 2011
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This third revision of Jim Forest's biography of one of the most perpetually significant figures of the 20th century, Dorothy Day, neatly encapsulates her witness and legacy. Miss Day, the co-founder (along with Peter Maurin) of the Catholic Worker movement and of The Catholic Worker newspaper, remains one of the giants of 20th Century Catholicism, with enduring relevance for today.

James H. Forest, a former managing editor of The Catholic Worker, was a long-time associate of Day. He writes with a flourish from an insider's perspective. Orbis Books greatly enhanced his biography with a stunning visual archive, along with sidebar copy fitted to the text by Orbis' publisher and editor-in-chief and former Catholic Worker managing editor Robert Ellsberg, also editor of the critical editions of Day's journals and correspondence, both published by Marquette University Press.

Several dozen books and monographs have treated Day's life and impact, but nothing comes close to Forest's exhaustive volume in terms of coverage of key aspects of her life; the trove of photographs (many previously unpublished) that enhance the text; and, the many amusing and alternately moving anecdotes included from such veteran Catholic Workers as Ellsberg (whom the elderly Day sometimes mistakenly referred to as "young Ellsworth"), Deacon Tom and Monica Cornell and Jim Forest himself. Forest dedicates the work to Tom Cornell and Robert Ellsberg, kindred spirits and long-time friends.

An ancient Christian once remarked of the writings of St. Athanasius: "If you cannot get a copy of one of his books, write it on your clothing!Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA remarable book about a remarkable life
By George M. Stapleton on August 4, 2011
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Some years ago I read Robert Coles'Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion. Just a few years ago I read Paul Elie's The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage, which interwove the lives of Dorothy, Walker Percy, Thomas Merton and Flannery O'Connor. I also read The Dorothy Day Book edited by M. Quigley and M. Garvey. I found all those books quite enlightening and nourishing. All Is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day, however, leaves me searching for words of praise. I had read Jim Forest's biography of Thomas Merton (Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton), so I knew when staring All Is Grace that I was in for a riveting adventure. By the time I finished this book I felt that I had come to know Dorothy extremely well. Jim Forest and those who helped him in putting this book together have created something that is definitive and masterly. As he mentions near the end of the book, Dorothy Day is still a person who shakes up the lives of those who get to know her. While I am humbled and put to shame by her life and faith, I rejoice in the knowledge that she existed and lived her life so close to the ideals of the gospels.
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5.0 out of 5 starsShe was just good
By J. A. Donaghy on July 12, 2011
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All Is Grace was a grace for me. It is a marvelous book on the life and work of Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker, full of photos, quotations, and stories of a life lived fully for God and the poor. I heartily recommend it.

The chapter "My Universities" really captured my imagination with the wide range of friends of Dorothy Day. It was like overhearing - or maybe better, watching - a series of disparate characters live on this earth.

I was continually touched in reading the book by the sacramentality of her life - the role of the sacraments in her life, the sacramentality of daily life, and the sacramentality of being with the poor.

A quote from Dorothy Day when she met with Missionaries of Charity in India really touched me: "Christ remains with us not only through the Mass but in the 'distressing disguise' of the poor. To live with the poor is a contemplative vocation, for it is to live in the constant presence of Jesus." (p. 263 It speaks to my reality as a missionary in Honduras. Even though where I live is not a poor area, I am often visiting among the poor, eating with them, and staying overnight. Those are contemplative moments.

There were a few photos that really moved me, especially the ones on pages 255 and 333. I only realized why I liked them so much when I read Jim's personal reflection and his remark that most photos show a dour Dorothy. In these two photos she has a gentle smile. These photos remind me of the one time I personally met her, at the end of a Friday night Clarification of Thought at St. Joseph's House in the early 1970s when I lived in NYC. I have no memory of what she or I said but I have the feeling of having met a grandmother - with all the grace that entails.

When I read the section from Day's Therese, I realized that what she wrote about Therese might be said of her, summing up her life, "she was just good."

* Just a note that I am a friend of Jim Forest.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great book!!

Published 2 months ago by Shirlee T.
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful reading!

Great book! I enjoyed reading this book.

Published 7 months ago by sue
5.0 out of 5 starsMore Than a Biography

An excellent introduction to Dorothy Day. Better than her autobiography for three reasons: 1) It covers her entire life, not just her early years. Read more

Published 14 months ago by P. J. Sullivan
5.0 out of 5 starsIntroduction to a Modern Holy Woman

Forest knew Dorothy Day but writes with clarity about her--he esteems her but can see her flaws. This is a fine introduction to her life, philosophy, and work, and it is enhanced... Read more

Published 15 months ago by Greg Cook
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent account of Dorothy Day's life

Well researched. Well written. Excellent account of Dorothy Day's life.

Published 16 months ago by Boo
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

in very good condition and a great book!

Published 16 months ago by Marian Wernicke
4.0 out of 5 starsA book to start with

I like the style of writing of this book, though I missed therein the insights and the wider implications of Day’s life and thoughts. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Mark Montebello
5.0 out of 5 starsLoved it

Really good biography on Dorohty Day, one of the best I have read. Especially recommendable for people who don't know the character very well.

Published on May 30, 2014 by Anna
5.0 out of 5 starsAll is Grace

As a friend of Dorothy Day, Jim Forrest brings insight to her that only her own autobiography had previously brought. Read more

Published on May 17, 2014 by Donna
5.0 out of 5 starsWonderful book!

Great story, writing and pictures about one of my heroes and an amazing human being! Well done by biographer, Jim Forest!

Published on October 16, 2013 by Laura

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