Life is messy. Coping with cancer, step-parenting, rape, death, and infidelity, Kathy Heininge has been able to use the Rosary to help find a way through. Here, she ties the stories of her life to the mysteries of the Rosary, illuminating the way prayer can help us find a way through both the hard and the joyous times of our lives, but without giving pat or pious answers to life's questions.

Kathy Heininge is Professor Emeritus of English and womens studies at George Fox University in Oregon. She is the author ofReflections: Virginia Woolf and her Quaker Aunt, Caroline Stephen, andBuffoonery in Irish Drama.