The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Death of Sister Dorothy Stang

by Binka Le Breton

Book Overview

In 1966, Sister Dorothy Stang went to Brazil as a missionary, and in 1982 she moved to a small town in the Amazon to work with an organization to protect poor farmers and their land from loggers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385522185
• ISBN13: 9780385522182
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Very inspiring, powerful

I found the book difficult to put down. I read it in just a few days, and must go back and re-read it. It's not easy to live the kind of life that Sister Dorothy Stang embraced: a life of self-sacrifice, of laying down her life for the poorest of the poor, as was her desire to serve. I would heartily recommend this book, it is life changing. Few of us can follow such a sacrificial calling, which embodies a love for the earth, its people, as well as a love for God.

marvelous

just finished this book. it is very well written. i benefited tremendously from reading this important story. Dorothy's life was very inspirational and will help you to help others and fight for right.