USED: Women of Valor - The Trials and Triumphs of Seven Saints by Alicia Von Stamwitz

Used paperback. 1986 edition.

Do these women sound like saints to you?
A woman who suffered a nervous breakdown
A homemaker with mother-in-law problems
A nun who was kicked out of her Order
A nobleman's mistress 
It's easy to forget that saints are human beings who faced the same temptations, challenges, and sorrows as we do today. Saints, too, faced alcoholism, mid-life crises, thankless children, and daily chores. Yet each was able to see past her less-than-perfect existence and reach for the holiness that was hers for the asking. A prayer to the saint follows each brief biography. 1. Saint Frances of Rome: The Radical Housewife  2. Saint Margaret of Cortona: The Prodigal Daughter 3. Blessed Marie Therese de Soubiran: Saint of the Mid-Life Crisis4. Saint Maria Goretti: The Forgiving Young Woman5. Saint Rita of Cascia: Saint for Spouses of Alcoholics 6. Blessed Maria Bagnesi: Saint for the Sick 7. Saint Hyacintha Mariscotti: The Accidental Nun