Rooted in Love: Louis and Z?lie Martin: Models of Married Love, Family Life, and Everyday Holiness

"Saints Louis and Zâelie Martin were the holy parents of St. Thâeráese of Lisieux and had a profound influence on their daughter's spiritual development. In this book, Annette Goulden investigates the life and marriage of these saints canonized by Pope Francis in 2015. In her analysis, she provides a helpful spirituality for married couples based on the lives and spirituality of this saintly married couple"--

Annette Goulden, O.C.D.S., is a Secular Discalced Carmelite from Newbury, England. In 2002, she helped found a new Secular Order community in Oxford. She has served the Discalced Carmelite Secular Order in numerous capacities, including as national president and as a member of the O.C.D.S. National Council. She has written articles and book reviews for Mount Carmel magazine and gives talks and individually guided retreats.

Until her recent retirement, Annette worked as a doctor, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. She gained an additional qualification in psychoanalytical psychotherapy and has trained in spiritual direction. Her extensive background in both Carmelite spirituality and psychology, combined with her life experience as a mother and grandmother, makes Annette Goulden ideally placed to have written this insightful study of Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin.