The Woman Who Embraced the Jungle - Saint Laura Montoya - Book | Paulinas Bookstore

A fictionalized biography of Saint Laura Montoya Upegui - The life of Saint Laura Montoya was marked by pain following the death of her father. From then on, she began a long pilgrimage through different parts of Colombia, searching for the meaning of her life, until she discovered, against all the norms of her time, her vocation as a missionary in indigenous communities and among the most vulnerable people in her country.

This book covers all the stages of her life and tells how her community was founded and the problems and misunderstandings she faced. The author combines the most significant events of the saint's life, along with her personal reflections, drawn from her diaries, letters, and autobiography.