"The author wonderfully captures the powerful emotions and human condition of each character. The book is filled with interesting episodes and incidents and it is a fascinating journey for the reader. Well-crafted plot..."

Shirley Leach once lived a life of luxury. She had it all - from enviable wealth, a grand estate and a devoted fiance - but in the space of six months she gave it all up to become Sister Agatha. This is the astonishing true story of a woman's calling from God.

A Nun's Story is a simple story involving complex issues with no oxymoron intended. It involves the literal physical and emotional tearing apart of a relatively young nun torn between her oaths and pledges to the Catholic Church and the scissoring effect of being caught up in maternal yearnings that ultimately can no longer be denied. The near-overpowering and seductive forces, for good or bad, compel our heroine to make what she feels is the correct decision but with self-admitted reservations, too. Succinctly put, does a young mother ostensibly turn her back on a rain-drenched three-year-old daughter who cries out in pain, "Please don't leave me, Mommy!" as contrasted to a return to duty under the most difficult conditions imaginable? We defer to the reader. You be the judge!