This is a story about vocation and all the meanings of that word. It is a story of family, of finding one's place in the world. It is a theological story. A spiritual story. A story about institutions and breaking barriers. It is a story of love, sexual awakening, marriage and relationships. She was and is a part of the great upheaval in the roles of women over the past 50 or so years and she had a unique vantage point from which to experience this roiling of society. Her story is, of course, her story alone, but in telling it, she grabs her place in history as part of that great tapestry of lives that helped change our world. An ex-nun’s story—fascinating, beautifully told, memorable. What is it like to spend 11 years of your young womanhood in the convent? Why would you feel you had to leave in order to save your soul? Karen Leahy takes you along on her life-changing journey, through her heady first years on the outside, through triumph and heartbreak, to the surprising turns in her search for authenticity, intimacy and meaning. It is at once a spiritual journey and a very human one.