The author definitely has a biased against Catholics so if you are a Catholic I would not recommend this book at all. The author talks about how terrible her life was in the Religious Order and even goes has far as "quoting" her autobiography. Except when you read her autobiography the quotes are not found anywhere in there. If you want to read a propaganda story about how terrible the Catholic Church is then this book is for you. If you want to read the truth about Santa Teresa then I would skip this book and go directly to her autobiography. ( )