I absolutely love the show, and I adored this book. Chummy is my favorite and I just laugh out loud at her speech and mannerisms. I have midwifery tendencies and just devour these stories. So many beautiful and poignant stories. Who can't help but love Sister Monica Joan. Really wonderful.

If you've seen the show, a lot of this will be familiar but there is new stuff and more detail in many of the stories. Highly recommend.

Word to conservatives: There is a sexually graphic scene in a red-light district cafe (such a heartbreaking picture of that underbelly of society - such young girls so preyed upon).

Starting the second book tonight...