The Rocking-Horse Catholic

This is the greatest book I have ever read. It tells about Caryll Houselander's experiances as she begin to see that the Catholic Faith was the correct faith, along with the help of one of her best friends and some nuns she stayed with. It brought back so many memories of my own baptism and my sister's. In so many ways it reminded me of my walk with the church. You will see how she realized that she was not as good a person as she thought she was. She learned this after living with the nuns for a few years. It is a fun book to read and will make you smile many times. I would highly recommend it to everyone!

I read a few parts of this book, a few years ago. It was a borrowed copy, so I couldn't finish it at that time. I think it is one of the better books Caryll Houselander has written. Written in true Houselander form, it is inspiring in only the way she can present the Catholic Faith, from a truely human point of view. Easily readable and hard to put down. There are two ways to read this book: 1.) Start early Saturday morning and just don't stop, or; 2.) [the way I did] Read until you reach a point where you feel you should stop for a time, and meditate on that for a few days... pick it up a couple days later and do the same thing again. The hard copy I am now ordering will be for my wife, for our anniversary. I know she will read it in one sitting, then I will be able to pick up right where I left off a few years ago. Believe me...you will enjoy it and order more for your best friends, and better yet, your worst enemies. God Bless and happy reading.