All True Vows: A memoir

All True Vows is one womans story of choosing to enter the religious life for all the wrong reasons--and how she finds her way out to wholeness and fulfillment.Author Sharon Downey opens up about her struggles within her family of origin and the family she became a part of as a vowed Franciscan in a non-denominational church in Pittsburgh.Her vows place a huge demand on her and stir up challenges and conflicts in her everyday world of work and family. She faces crises that test her faith and a cancer diagnosis that drives home the need for change in her life. Ultimately she finds a brand of spirituality that leads her back to her true self.With each turn of the page readers witness a woman gaining her voice until shes speaking loud and clear.