A review by jeenwheetson
Learning to Love: The Journals of Thomas Merton [Volume Six 1966-1967] by Thomas Merton

4.0

I stumbled on this book in the library of The Abbey of Gethsemani and was shocked and delighted to open up the journals of Thomas Merton and stumble upon a steamy love affair. My whole silent retreat was sidetracked by me obsessively reading this monastic romance novel. Sadly, the affair only lasted about 100 pages, so it took me a while to get through the whole thing. Well worth it, though. Thomas Merton was fantastically human and also wonderfully interested in the world of ideas. Meeting him through these journals has made me love him forever.