{"product_id":"9780996538831","title":"The Mother Teresa Effect: What I learned volunteering for a saint (FAMILY EDITION)","description":"SEE REGULAR \u0026amp; FAMILY EDITIONS (age 14+)\u003cp\u003e*GRAND PRIZE, 2016 Great Midwest Book Festival *WINNER, 2016 Northern California Book Festival\u003cbr\u003e*WINNER, 2016 Southern California Book Festival \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's it like to meet a future saint? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo work for one? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Teresa's mission to the poor resonated through every country, faith, income level, and worldview. Her compassion touched everyone from small children to heads of state-and one garden-variety Catholic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist Alicia Young volunteered in Calcutta (now Kolkata) over Mother's final Christmas in 1996. She divided her time between Kalighat, the Home for the Dying Destitute, and a rural leprosy hospital. In The Mother Teresa Effect, she narrates her transformative journey with humanity, color, and gentle humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the world celebrates the newly canonized Saint Teresa, Alicia vividly:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Reveals meeting her-an encounter that veered into unexpected territory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Recounts daily life at the hospice and leprosy ward\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Explains how a one-time go-go dancer coped with living in a convent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Chronicles daily life in Calcutta, from pavement dwellers to elegant soirees\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Relates anecdotes from others who have felt her ripple effect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Shares simple, potent lessons she learned on gratitude and nonjudgment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlicia Young is a US-based Australian journalist with more than fifteen years' experience as a medical reporter, foreign correspondent, and news anchor. Outside work, Alicia handles parasols and power tools with equal ease (not really, but she helpfully holds the flashlight when needed).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFAMILY EDITION (AGE 14+). Contains brief, non-graphic references to contraception, prostitution and abortion (inc. a quote by Mother Teresa). Selected passages have been reviewed by clergy and librarians at Catholic high schools for suitability and deemed acceptable. ALSO AVAILABLE IN ORIGINAL EDITION. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.aliciayoung.net info@aliciayoung.net\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parasol Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49782610526448,"sku":"9780996538831","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996538831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}