This is a book of hope. Not only is spiritual and emotional healing possible, Fr. McAteer shows how it allows the person to blossom into the person God created them to be. The healing experienced by the women and men in this book brought them from darkness into spiritual freedom and light. The author takes a hard look at abortion-the events leading to it and the long-term effects resulting from it. In our society, sexuality and spirituality are disassociated from one another. Father shows that the healing from the wounds of abortion and abuse can come only from a healthy integration of the physical, spiritual and emotional wounds experienced by the men and women in this riveting book. Loved Back into Life is a must read book for anyone impacted by abortion and for those who, through the grace of God, love men and women back into life. Fr. Patrick McAteer, SJ, is a native of County Down, Ireland and was ordained a priest in the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus. While leading men and women through adapted forms of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, he encountered firsthand the devastating psychological and spiritual effects of abortion on men and women.