Through the Narrow Gate Author:Karen Armstrong What is it like to be a nun? The cloistered life, with all its rewards and sacrifices, its contradictions and ambiguities, has never been more intimately depicted than in Through the Narrow Gate. In this eloquent and revealing memoir, Karen Armstrong, Catholic by birth and education, tells how as a girl of seventeen-upset with family problems, ... more »yearning for the tranquil air of certainty she saw on her teachers'faces-she became convinced of her vocation and entered a world apart.« less
I loved the book! Regardless of religious denomination, this speaks to the human spirit. The path, the journey are fascinating. The author successfully conveys the odyssey in language and honesty that make her struggles real to the lay person. Yet in the end the author retains her personal spirituality, and is deeply respectful of those choosing the religious life.