A review by thuglibrarian
For Love of the Broken Body: A Spiritual Memoir by Julia Walsh

4.0

Have you ever wondered about the spiritual journey of Sisters/Nuns? Do they ever question their faith and/or their life choices? Do they just know that they are meant to be Sisters/Nuns? Maybe they're just born with more faith than other women? In this memoir author Julia Walsh's writes about her path to becoming a Franciscan Sister of Perpetual Adoration and what she had to grapple with in doing so. A month into Julia's novitiate she returned home to visit her childhood farm and fell over 20 feet from a cliff and suffered disfiguring facial injuries requiring extensive rehabilitation. It's during this rehab period that Julia ponders many questions. Why? What does a broken body have to offer God?

A fascinating book that will resonate with Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

*I read an advance copy and was not compensated