Enduring Lives

Carol Lee Flinders. Enduring Lives: Portraits of Women and Faith in Action. Hardcover with dust jacket: 334pp. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin 2006.

The author draws riveting portraits of 4 contemporary women of faith whose lives have been lived with a dedication to improving the human condition. Tracing the spiritual 'mother line' of holy women of centuries past, Flinders explores the spiritual journeys of Sister Helen Prejean, Jane Goodall, Etty Hillesum, and Tenzin Palmo, and provides inspiration for female spiritual seekers everywhere.