This book is not about catchy new concepts. Rather, the author is convinced that ., .the hour is coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of woman is being achieved in all its fullness…, as Vatican II affirmed. Here a woman speaks to women simply, warmly, humbly. She dwells on what she has shared with numerous others: that women bring the specificity and beauty of their identity to the home, the Church and society. Croissant urges each of them to realize their call as daughter of God, spouse of Christ, mother of men and of all humanity. If this book is for all women no matter their life situation, it can as well help more than one man understand the mystery of woman