This is the story of a radical journalist, Dorothy Day, who shocked the conscience of many a patriotic American. She was jailed eight times for marching on picket lines for controversial causes. Now her canonization is in the hands of the Vatican. This is "a riveting story about an amazing woman, written by an exceptional author with erudition, impartiality and finesse," say the foreword. The questions it raises are as troubling today as they were in the last century. If anything, more so.