Maria Valtorta Autobiography

Recounts with the utmost sincerity and spontaneity its author's gradual but steady transition from the joys and sorrows of a "human" vision of life in this world to a state of full identification with Christ's redemptive action infusing supernatural value into all existential events, most especially those involving suffering.

The Autobiography a worthy addition to the great tradition of Christian confessional writings, from St. Augustine's Confessions to St. Therese of Lisieux's Story of a Soul