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During her lifetime, Mother Teresa resisted having her full biography written. Then, in 1991, realizing that accounts of her life could inspire others, she gave Kathryn Spink, who had long been intimately involved with the work of Mother Teresa, her order, and her co-workers, around the world, permission to proceed with a complete biography on the understanding that it would not be finished until after her death. Here now, is the complete story of Mother Teresa of Calcuta, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize a woman regarded by millions as a contemporary saint for her dedication to serving the poorest of the poor. From her childhood in the Balkans as a member of a remarkably openhearted and religious family to her work in India, from attending the victims of war-torn Beirut to pleading with George Bush and SAddam Hussein to choose peace over war, Mother Teresa was driven by an absolute faith. She consistently claimed that she was simply responding to Christ's boundless love for her and for all of humanity.
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