A review by pldean
The Life You Save May Be Your Own: An American Pilgrimage by Paul Elie

3.0

At once a social history, a critical literary study, and a joint spiritual biography, the book treats the lives of Walker Percy, Flannery O'Connor, Thomas Merton, and Dorothy Day. Catholics all, their pilgrimages are examined in the light of 20th-century modernism, rootlessness, and religious confusion. There are plenty of insights here for students and seekers alike.