With All My Soul : A pilgrimage to love

An absorbing and fascinating memoir from an Australian woman who fell deeply in love with an Irish Catholic priest. Set against a backdrop of life in England in the 1970s, it is a story of faith in God, forbidden love, and the choices that define our lives. In 1960s Italy, far from her native Australia, a young woman not long out of convent school is trying to forge a life of culture, adventure and self-reliance. Until, in a lecture hall in Perugia, Pamela meets Kieran, a tall, handsome young man with penetrating brown eyes, who also happens to be a Catholic missionary priest on leave from Zululand. They are irresistibly drawn to each other, and their souls connect deeply, but Kieran’s integrity and vows stand between them. When Kieran renounces her love and cuts off contact for seven years, Pamela, now anchored in London, seeks solace in work, friendships, and transient men. But her heart belongs to Kieran, and without him, or the letters they used to exchange, life is testing. With All My Soul is the true story of an impossible relationship and Pamela and Kieran’s spiritual pilgrimage as they journey towards each other in a vividly realised 1970s Britain. It''s about the challenges that test our beliefs, the choices that define our lives, and the transformative power of prayer. Most of all, it''s a love story about two hearts and souls, bonded for a lifetime.