Edited by Patrick Jordan. An abridged edition of the previously published Dorothy Day: Writings from Commonweal—gives a glimpse of her humanity and endurance, and of the vibrant spirituality that underlay them. Includes her reflections on life as a single mother, her time in jail for civil disobedience, her struggles to keep the Catholic Worker movement she co-founded afloat, and her travels on crowded buses to report from the front lines about labor disputes, racial inequality, and poverty revealing a profound and prophetic faith. Read more.