I read this book, and therafter, "Hope Endures" by Collette Livermore who is also a former MC nun. Of the two, this book reads much more like a novel (whereas Livermore's book is somewhat more minute in its detail of the medical and more gritty side of MC life in Papaua New Guinea and Australia). To say the least I was wholly drawn into Johnson's book. In fact, I barely put it down because it was so fascinating. What is most appealing about Johnson's book is that she details the inner turmoil of being part of Mother Teresa's and the challenges of often exhausting work while under constant scrutiny. While sisters are expected to give give give and love love love, they are on the receiving end of neither. This is a fascinating look at the psychology of this situation, as well as an examination of Mother Teresa's order and in some ways the woman herself.

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