I want to recommend this book to the forum. I bought it from my chapel bookstore and have read about half of it. It is wonderful in the way it explains the miraculous life of St. Gemma Galgani who is one of my favorite saints. It was written by her spiritual director.

St. Gemma Galgani (1878-1903) was a mystic, stigmatist, visionary, ecstatic, victim soul, discerner of spirits, seer of hidden things, prophetess, spouse of Christ, zealot for souls and devotee of the Poor Souls in Purgatory. She died at only 25. Her mother was also saintly, and it is beautiful to see how she helped cultivate this lily of purity. See how Gemma made great sacrifices painful to human nature from her tenderest years. Inspiring and edifying! Impr. 349 pgs, PB

About The Author
The Venerable Father Germanus Ruoppolo, C.P., was a Passionist priest and author of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Born in 1850 at Naples, he was noted for his service as St. Gemma Galgani's spiritual director, a practice which he began in 1900. He was also a highly-esteemed theologian, practicing great piety, and authored many works on such subjects as philosophy, theology and mathematics. After St. Galgani's death, he took it upon himself to compose The Life of St. Gemma Galgani, which was published in 1914 with the Nihil Obstat and Imprimatur. Father Germanus died on the eleventh of December, 1909.