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Mother Teresa: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) Hardcover – August 30, 2004

by Meg Greene (Author)
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In this new biography, students will follow Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu from her humble Albanian birth to worldwide celebrity as Mother Teresa. The nun who attended to the dying and diseased in Calcutta, India, and established her Missionaries of Charity around the world is revealed to have a singular determination from a young age. As a woman in the patriarchal Catholic system, she had to prove to the hierarchy, even the Vatican, that she was capable of handling each project she proposed. Her vision to live and work among the poorest of the poor as one of them led to the founding of a new order that tended to society's outcasts. The narrative chronicles the expansion and success of the order and the eventual attention that was showered on her efforts. This increasing attention led to scrutiny and criticism of ideology, methods of care, and financing. Why did she reject better medical equipment for her patients yet receive the latest treatment and best care when she herself was ailing? Why did she take money from and try to help Charles Keating, a major player in the savings and loan scandal of the 1980s? The accusation of hypocrisy, among others, are discussed as is her controversial beatification. Readers will be challenged to consider for themselves whether Mother Teresa deserves to be sainted.

Mother Teresa is characterized as being ordinary and her life as mundane. The biography suggests that she transcended her ordinariness with a singular belief that she was called to life's work. When this work brought fame, which she never sought, she used it to further her causes. In a global age, celebrity worship allowed her to work the system. She became an icon of service and selflessness, but her human flaws remained behind the saintliness.

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    176 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Greenwood
  4. Publication date
    August 30, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.56 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9780313327711
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0313327711
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?[P]rovides an excellent biography suitable for high schools and public collections alike. Mother Teresa's beliefs, her noted humanistic works, and her vision to live and work among the poorest in the world are reviewed in an excellent work filling a reference gap for comprehensive yet readable biographies.?-MBR Bookwatch

?[V]ery comprehensive and interesting and will serve both high school libraries and public libraries well.?-Catholic Library World

"ÝP¨rovides an excellent biography suitable for high schools and public collections alike. Mother Teresa's beliefs, her noted humanistic works, and her vision to live and work among the poorest in the world are reviewed in an excellent work filling a reference gap for comprehensive yet readable biographies."-MBR Bookwatch

"ÝV¨ery comprehensive and interesting and will serve both high school libraries and public libraries well."-Catholic Library World

"[V]ery comprehensive and interesting and will serve both high school libraries and public libraries well."-Catholic Library World

"[P]rovides an excellent biography suitable for high schools and public collections alike. Mother Teresa's beliefs, her noted humanistic works, and her vision to live and work among the poorest in the world are reviewed in an excellent work filling a reference gap for comprehensive yet readable biographies."-MBR Bookwatch

About the Author

MEG GREENE is an independent scholar and author of many books for young adults.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0313327718
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Greenwood (August 30, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780313327711
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0313327711
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.56 x 9 inches
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Lili Torok
3.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat less subjective than other sources; could be a better read
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2014
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It is a quite well-researched book and a not-too-subjective account of Mother Teresa's life. Incomparably better than most works about her, which are either overly zealous and adoring, or disgusted and condemning (if entertaining, like Hitchens's Missionary Position). I would give more stars if the writing was better. (It is not awful, but not very good either.)
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4.0 out of 5 stars This book did give the historical account of Mother Teresa ...
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This book did give the historical account of Mother Teresa. I was hoping to read more of her religious journey. It was interesting to see her personality and its effect on situations and detractors.
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Brenda Jones
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I thought
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2007
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I thought this was the new book that included Mother Teresa's letters throughout her life. I did not understand the description well or I mis-read it.
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Kamal Musale
3.0 out of 5 stars Very good biography which avoids the myth and doesn't fell into the usual superficial criticism
Reviewed in Germany on May 23, 2015
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A good read and with a healthy distance with the myth, however with small tiny factual mistakes which makes the entreprise not 100% reliable.
But very good work to present the good sides, the bad sides and also the continuity of the work undertaken by this woman of exception in an exceptional time.
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