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“Martin’s final word is as Jungian as it is Catholic: God does not want us to be Mother Teresa or Dorothy Day. God wants us to be most fully ourselves.” �

Praised for her "gift for mordant wit, which at its best is reminiscent of Lorrie Moore" ("The New York Times Book Review"), O'Connell draws upon the lives of t