Marcelle Auclair has carried out, with this book, a work that appears simple, just as expressions of affection often seem simple. As these pages are read, they awaken sympathy and spontaneous affection for the figure of the saint of Ávila. These pages draw us, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, to the heights of love for God.

This excellent biography of Saint Teresa of Jesus perfectly combines clarity and narrative sobriety with thorough documentation and a very engaging style. The literary beauty with which Saint Teresa's life is presented makes this work appealing both to readers approaching this figure for the first time and to those who have read other biographies and works by this Doctor of the Church.