Reviews for All the Way to Heaven : The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day

The average rating for All the Way to Heaven : The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-08 00:00:00 Norbert Washington I've been sitting here, trying to think what to say about this book, All the Way to Heaven: The Selected Letters of Dorothy Day. It is so breathtakingly real. She was so involved in the Christian world, she lived it and breathed it. The book/letters were beautiful, and inspiring. However, I cannot say it better than Sister Wendy Beckett who stated "These wonderful letters (wonderful even in a merely human sense) can almost startle us with their revelation--natural, unpretentious, non-preachy--of what it means to be holy. Dorothy Day loved our Lord in the darkness of a real world, one where she met with distrust, betrayal, grinding poverty, and anxiety. These sorrows did not keep her from God. They drew her into His own redemptive suffering. There are no letters like these." And so know you know why I cannot say anything better, Sister Wendy Beckett happened to say it better than anyone else could. I really, truly enjoyed the book, and I would suggest that anyone of the Christian or Catholic faith read the book, heck, I even suggest people who aren't Christian or Catholic take a look at it. Beautiful. And so, so real. I won this book on Goodreads First Reads.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-04-01 00:00:00 Peter Jones First, I want to say that no one will ever collect your emails and make them into a book. Your children will not save your email either. But your letters might be saved so you should always write letters. But on to the book itself. This was absolutely wonderful and showed her ongoing struggles, her triumphs, and her faith, which never seemed to waiver. The letters provide a terrific insight into her life and the many things she did, but always within the context of her faith. There is also a book of Ms. Day's writings as well as selections from her diaries, and this book makes me want to read those as well. I would highly recommend this book.