A Companion to Saint Thérèse of Lisieux

The product of twenty years of research and writing, this phenomenal new work is the most comprehensive portrait of Thérèse ever published, and the ultimate reference to her life and spirituality.

A Companion to Saint Thérèse will appeal to all devotees of Thérèse, as well as those approaching her for the first time, who will find it a captivating introduction.

This book contains abundant material concerning her autobiography as well as her literary and artistic works, and a treasury of information on all the people and places in her life story.

Finally, the author revisits the steps leading to her beatification, canonization, and the proclamation of her as a Doctor of the Church, and provides a history of the Carmelites and the origin of the Lisieux Carmel. As a source of biographical detail and photographs it is unsurpassed in any language and will remain the most authoritative work on Thérèse for many years to come.