Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother

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“An intimate, revealing and on occasion wrenching family memoir of the journalist and social advocate who is now being thought to be for canonization” (The New York Times), told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter.

Dorothy Day (1897-1980) used to be a prominent Catholic, creator, social activist, and co-founder of a movement dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. Her life has been documented through her own writings in addition to the work of historians, theologians, and academics. What has been missing until now is a more personal account from the point of view of someone who knew her well. Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty is a frank and reflective, heartfelt and humorous portrayal written by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy.

Dorothy Day, writes Hennessy, is an odd candidate for sainthood. Before her conversion, she lived what she called a “disorderly life,” all the way through which she had an abortion and then gave birth to a child out of wedlock. After her conversion, she used to be both an obedient servant and a rigorous challenger of the Church. She used to be a prolific creator whose books are still in print and widely read. Despite the fact that compassionate, Hennessy shows Day to be driven, dogmatic, loving, in addition to judgmental, in particular with her only daughter, Tamar. She used to be also full of humor and laughter and could light up any room she entered.

An undisputed radical heroine, called “a saint for the occupy era” by The New Yorker, Day’s story unfolds against a backdrop of New York City from the 1910s to the 1980s and world events spanning from World War I to Vietnam. This thoroughly researched and intimate biography provides a valuable and nuanced portrait of an undersung and provocative American woman. “Frankly,” says actor and activist Martin Sheen, “this can be a should-read.”

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