Beyond the Threshold: A Life in Opus Dei

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Summary: Harmful twisting of truth
Review: This book is a harmful twisting of the truth, it does not uncover truth but distorts it, confusing the reader and possibly leading them to believe things that are not true. Honestly, I do not understand why the author went to such measures to ruin the organization's reputation, making this book worthless.

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Summary: An important document in the debate
Review: This is a book that really tells the truth of what Opus Dei is. I hope, that everyone involved in this movement would read this book. It tells about all the negative sides of this horrible movement.

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Summary: The truth hurts
Review: This is a compelling account of a committed Catholic caught in an unpleasant situation.
In addition to reading this book, I have investigated Opus Dei through personal contacts and reading their material. In my judgement, the book is a reasonable paradigm of the organisation, though not the only valid one..
The book reads like a novel and keeps you engrossed to the end. The author has a friendly style; you feel you get to know her through the book and by the end you trust her.
Her committed Catholicism comes through, despite Opus Dei's apparent efforts to paint her as a reprobate soul because she left.
I would read some of Opus Dei's own literature to hear both sides before you make up your mind . The recent biography of Escriva by Vazquez Prada is written as an apolegetic for Opus Dei. For me, reading between the lines of that work corroborated parts of what the author of Beyond the Threshold work had to say, but also gave the perspective Opus Dei have about themselves on these issues.
The seniority of Maria Del Carmen Tapia in Opus Dei would not put to rest any hints of a secret divine mission underpinning Opus Dei's work - she could have failed to have known something of such a mission

I recommend this work both as a good read and an informative read.