A review by ajlewis2
River of Fire by Helen Prejean

5.0

This story of a young woman finding herself drawn to join a religious order of sisters seems very true to life to me. She covers her years of formation later becoming a director of novices herself. Having gone through 7 years of formation myself, although older than she was long after Vatican II, I so enjoyed reading this part of her story. The changes that happened after Vatican II with lots of people leaving vowed religious life is covered well and is very interesting. The author goes through a lot regarding personal relations and how those are navigated in this way of life. That was a fantastic part of this book for me. She has transitions and awakenings and lays it out there. Her style of writing is forthright and plain good reading. Her work regarding the death penalty is not covered much in this book with only a bit pointing to earlier books presented in the Afterword.