Dorothy Day's letters and diaries are marvelous, but they raise almost as many questions as they answer, particularly about Day's relationship with her daughter Tamar. Granddaughter to the one, daughter to the other, Kate Hennessy grew up inside that relationship - breathed it in like air. 'Dorothy Day comes to life, here, but Tamar also lives on the page, engaged with her mother in an absorbing family drama that Hennessy depicts with warmth, poignancy, and not a little poetry.' - Booklist, starred review, 'What a gift! The World Will Be Saved By Beauty is revelatory and compulsively readable. This thoroughly researched and intimate biography provides a valuable and nuanced portrait of an undersung and provocative American woman.

An undisputed radical heroine, called 'a saint for the occupy era' by The New Yorker, Day's story unfolds against a backdrop of New York City from the 1910s to the 1980s and world events spanning from World War I to Vietnam. She was also full of humor and laughter, and could light up any room she entered. While tenderly rendered, this account will show her as driven to do good but dogmatic, loving but judgmental, in particular with regards to her only daughter, Tamar. She was a prolific writer whose books are still in print and widely read. After her conversion, she was both an obedient servant and a rigorous challenger of the Church. Before her conversion, she lived what she called a 'disorderly life,' during which she had an abortion and then gave birth to a child out of wedlock. Day is an unusual candidate for sainthood. Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty challenges ideas of plaster saints and of saintly women.

Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty is a frank and reflective, heartfelt and humorous portrayal as written by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy. What has been missing until now is a more personal account from the point of view of someone who knew her well. Her life has been revealed through her own writings as well as the work of historians, theologians, and academics. Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a prominent Catholic, writer, social activist, and co-founder of a movement dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. The life and work of Dorothy Day-the iconic, celebrated, and controversial Catholic whom Pope Francis called a 'great American'-told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter.

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