The famous persevering mother whose prayers, patience and good example at last obtained the conversion of her wayward son - the great St.
Augustine - as well as her pagan husband and her mother-in-law.
Includes her childhood, difficult marriage, anguish over Augustine, constancy and - in the end - her joy at his conversion.
A magnificent story of prayer finally answered About the Author Mother Frances Alice Monica Forbes, also known as F.
Forbes, was born in 1869 into a Presbyterian family.
She converted to Catholicism in 1900, and entered the Society of the Sacred Heart as a postulant when she was thirty-one.
She was a strong-willed and intelligent woman, and used both these gifts to generously make the sacrifices that the Lord wished of her daily.
Forbes authored a considerable amount of books based on the saints, including St.
John Bosco: Friend of Youth, St.
Monica, St.
Catherine of Sienna, St.
Benedict, and The Gripfast Series of English Readers.
She died in 1936.
