The Whole World Will Love Me

By Dorothy Scallan

This wonderful book links all the elements of her life into one intimate, flowing and absolutely enthralling story - relating details of her beautiful, holy mother; her noble and pious father; her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895558181
• ISBN13: 9780895558183
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Tan Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Book

This is probably the most thorough biography of Saint Therese, including the story of how her parents met and many miracles that occurred after her death. Dorothy Scallan includes many unknown facts. I highly recommend this book!

charming

Dorothy Scallan wrote this charming biography of St. Therese in the form of a novel and it begins years before the saint's birth. Zelie Martin, who was an amazing woman in her own right wanted to be nun but was turned down. Louis Martin wanted to be a priest in his youth but was also turned down. Although disappointed they later realized years later after meeting one another that their vocation was marriage all along. They married fairly late in life and Therese would be their ninth and last child. The breast cancer which would eventually take Zelie's life had already manifested itself before Therese was born. Dorothy Scallan filled this book with little known details. Interestingly enough Zellie Martin had a great regard for Saint Bernadette and travelled to Lourdes shortly before her death. Later Therese upon entering Carmel was deeply influenced by a book called the Golden Arrow written by a saintly fellow Carmelite. Some books make it seem like St. Therese just sort of accidentally stumbled into sainthood or they make it seem like her path was easy. It wasn't. The Whole World Will Love shows that the sought out holiness and poured herself into her vocation. This is a lovely biography and makes a nice companion to Story of a Soul.

Anything about St. Therese is good

This biography on St. Therese is written like historical fiction. It is well researched, but the claim on the back cover is very subjective - "probably the best biography of St. Therese, The Little Flower, that has ever been written." It's good, but it doesn't come close to ISC Publications "The Story of a Soul" Study Edition. "The Whole World Will Love Me" is a good book to give to a person unfamiliar with St. Therese, as it "links all the elements of her life into one intimate, flowing and absolutely enthralling story" (review of the back cover). For a serious Theresian, this book remains a nice addition to your collection, but you won't learn anything new here.

THE WHOLE WORLD WILL LOVE ME

For all those who love the Little Flower this is a must have. Written in the style of a novel rather than an autobiography her whole life is covered from beginning to end. Also I thought this presentation of her life is more down to earth than others I have read and it allowed me to feel more deeply her internal struggles with her faith.