Review of Therese by Sarah Law

 As most present-day people have slipped away from organized religion and renounced the burden of churchgoing, amid awful scandals and historic crimes, a few dedicated devotees of religiosity have surfaced, attempting to delve into the heart of the sacred matter and discern what all the fuss was about.

 Sarah Law, a British poet, provides, perhaps, one of the deepest dives into this sensitive subject that I have come across. In her new hagiographic collection of poems entitled Therese, Law engages the life of contemplative Marie Francoise-Thérèse Martin, or, as Roman Catholics know her, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower. For more of my review of Therese go here:  http://dougholder.blogspot.com/2021/11/therese-poems-by-sarah-law.html