Dorothy Day: A Radical Devotion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780201079746)

Robert Coles first met Dorothy Day over thirty-five years ago when, as a medical student, he worked in one of her Catholic Worker soup kitchens. He remained close to this inspiring and controversial woman until her death in 1980. His book, an intellectual and psychological portrait, confronts candidly the central puzzles of her life: the sophisticated Greenwich Village novelist and reporter who converted to Catholicism; the single mother who raised her child in a most unorthodox "family"; her struggles with sexuality, loneliness, and pride; her devout religious conservatism coupled with radical politics. This intense portrait is based on many years of conversation and correspondence, as well as tape-recorded interviews.

Author: Robert Coles
ISBN-10: 0201079747
ISBN-13: 9780201079746
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 01/22/1989
Pages: 206
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/03/1989