Mother Teresa By Mary on Oct 09, 2007 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

This book tells of the extraordinary life of Mother Teresa. It is a biography beautifully written by Joanna Hurley. The photographs in this book are spectacular and capture the very essence of the holiness of Mother Teresa. She personifies pure beauty of heart and soul. Mother Teresa was born as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in the Balkins in 1910. She always had a burning desire to do charitable works. Her heart was filled with compassion for the dying, the homeless, the starving and the sick. Mother Teresa began her own order of nuns called ," The Missionaries of Charity." They are easily recognizable by their white sari's with royal blue trim. She spent a good deal of her life in IndiaThe photographs in this book tell the story of her love and concern for the poorest of the poor. Mother Teresa exemplifies everything a true Christian should be. She is loved, admired and respected worldwide. The Catholic Church has deemed her life worthy of sainthood. She is on the road to being canonized sometime in the future. Her life ended in 1997. This pictorial Biography is worth reading to learn more about this exceptional woman whose first love was God.