Sister Mary Baruch: The Early Years

Becky Feinstein is well-acquainted with unexpected tragedy. Growing up in New York City during the turbulent 1960s, she has already experienced her brothers death in Vietnam and her familys gradual drifting apart. So when her closest friend suddenly becomes gravely ill, this nice Jewish girl decides to give her an unconventional gift by lighting a candle in a big gothic church on Lexington Avenue.

Little does she realize, as she passes through the heavy wooden doors of Saint Vincent Ferrers,...