Fr. Mark Hollenhorst was the most unusual Catholic priest I've ever known. He had a broad range of interests and a cultivated taste for the absurd.

This collection of his last homilies gives real insight into the process of dying and how to embrace the reality of finality.

I am curious about some of Fr. Graham's selections of Fr. Mark's homilies. Several are the old, stale fare that we hear again and again from the pulpit. Also, it would be nice to know the biblical readings upon which the sermons are based; Fr. Graham left out most of the citations as well as the liturgical settings.

Despite the above mentioned flaws, Fr. Hollenhorst's sermons are outstanding reflections on religion, life and death in modern times.

While this book might do alright for a bedtime story, I found it written in a confusing way and the information was in no specific order. Contrary to what the title suggests, there were only snippets of Louisa's diaries, and those snippets were chock full of the author's puntuation and added words. The rest of the book was the author's narration of Louisa's life. I will give it credit for the nice pictures and the work that must have been put into it, but if you want to read to your young child about Louisa May Alcott's amazing life, I suggest finding another book.