Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate

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Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother

â€œAn intimate, revealing and sometimes wrenching family memoir of the journalist and social advocate who is now being considered for canonizationâ€ (The New York Times), told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter.

Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a prominent Catholic, writer, social activist, and co-founder of a movement dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. Her life has been documented through her own writings as well as the work of historians, theologians, and academics. What has been missing until now is a more personal account from the point of view of someone who knew her well. Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty is a frank and reflective, heartfelt and humorous portrayal written by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy.

Dorothy Day, writes Hennessy, is an unusual candidate for sainthood. Before her conversion, she lived what she called a â€œdisorderly life,â€ during which she had an abortion and then gave birth to a child out of wedlock. After her conversion, she was both an obedient servant and a rigorous challenger of the Church. She was a prolific writer whose books are still in print and widely read. Although compassionate, Hennessy shows Day to be driven, dogmatic, loving, as well as judgmental, in particular with her only daughter, Tamar. She was also full of humor and laughter and could light up any room she entered.

An undisputed radical heroine, called â€œa saint for the occupy eraâ€ by The New Yorker, Dayâ€™s story unfolds against a backdrop of New York City from the 1910s to the 1980s and world events spanning from World War I to Vietnam. This thoroughly researched and intimate biography provides a valuable and nuanced portrait of an undersung and provocative American woman. â€œFrankly,â€ says actor and activist Martin Sheen, â€œit is a must-read.â€

Country	USA
Author	Kate Hennessy
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781501133985
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
NumberOfPages	385
PublicationDate	2017-01-24
Publisher	Scribner
ReleaseDate	2017-01-24
Studio	Scribner

Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother

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