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This is Catherines adventure-packed life storythe story of Gods own tumbleweed, blowing through the world, wherever the breath of the Holy Spirit may send her. Eddie vividly portrays her early life in Russia, her harrowing escape to freedom during the Revolution, her life as a refugee in North America, and finally her call to live the Gospel in the Lay Apostolate and her founding of Friendship House, precursor to Madonna House.

The second thing this bio did was made me want to know more about Eddie, who left behind a career as a hard-boiled newspaper reporter to follow Catherine as a partner in marriage and life, and who later became a priest. He did the screen-writing for a seldom-seen film called The Fighting Sullivans (originally The Sullivans), based on a true story about five brothers who served together and were all killed in war. A note explains that the work of Madonna House, which Catherine and Eddie helped found, goes on today in Canada. A grassroots movement is underway calling for her to be canonized as a saint. Madonna House is also soliciting support to make a movie of Catherine's life, and working to bring her books back into print. Whether or not Catherine is canonized as a saint, she will be nonetheless be recognized as one by readers who encounter her remarkable story, lovingly told by Eddie in Tumbleweed.