The Life of Little Saint Placid

<p>Mother Genevieve Gallois began life as a violently anti-clerical artist in turn-of-the-century Paris but after a spritual crisis she entered a Benedictine convent and dedicated her life to prayer and religious art.  In her latter years she began to write and her most well-known book remains <em>The Life of Little Saint Placid</em>.  Referred to affectionately as a comic book for contemplatives and a profound picture treatise on prayer there is a depth of wisdom imparted amidst the bold linework of her art.  One comes away from the pages of this book with less a feeling that one has learned of the life of this saint and more with the feeling that one has gained true and lasting insight into the spriritual life.</p>