By Dawn Eden,Agnes Mary Donovan
Eden makes use of her personal tale as a backdrop to introduce quite a few holy humans— like Laura Vicuña, Thomas Aquinas and Bernard of Clairvaux—who suffered sexual abuse or sexual inappropriateness, in addition to saints comparable to Ignatius of Loyola who suffered other kinds of mistreatment and abandonment. Readers looking wholeness will detect saints with wounds like their very own, whose tales endure witness to the remodeling energy of grace. Eden explores diverse dimensions of divine love—sheltering, compassionate, purifying, etc.—to aid these sexually wounded in youth comprehend their id within the abiding love of Christ.
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