(Ebook) The Life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Original Biography Commissioned by Her Sister by Msgr. August Pierre Laveille ISBN 9780870613029, 0870613022

(Ebook) The Life of St. Thérèse of Lisieux: The Original Biography Commissioned by Her Sister by Msgr. August Pierre Laveille ISBN 9780870613029, 0870613022

Story of a Soul, the story of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897) as told inher own words, is a classic beloved by many readers. This unforgettablebiography gives her legacy new life. As the “official biographer”commissioned by his subject’s biological sister and religious superior,Mother Pauline, Monsignor Laveille’s task was to create the definitiveaccount of Thérèse’s life. While Msgr. Laveille references in several notesearlier biographical works that may have been of interest to him, his wasthe first complete biography composed according to the official documentsof the Carmel of Lisieux and his own collected eyewitness accounts.What is it that accounts for the perennial appeal of this gem of abiography, which is at once both timely and timeless? The author reportsthe events of Thérèse’s life with eyewitness accuracy. Unique as they are,they acquire universal significance.