Life in a Jewish Family: Her Unfinished Autobiographical Account (Collected Works of Edith Stein, Vol 1)

This is the autobiography of Edith Stein, a Catholic convert, who would later be known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Edith, the youngest of eleven children, grew up in a family that was lukewarm to their Jewish faith. While attending college, she became fascinated with Husserl and his idea of phenomenology. She became his student and received her doctorate based on her thesis “On the Problem of Empathy.” Later she converted to the Catholic faith after reading St. Teresa of Avila's autobiography.