From Whitewashed Stairs to Heaven: Maureen McKenna and the Open Door Trust, Glasgow (Biography) Paperback – January 20, 2007

I read this book years ago and I still think about it from time to time. Here are two broken people who go on to provide love, safety and comfort to other broken people. I especially was interested in reading the author's description of what it's like to grow up the child of a prostitute. This book is interesting too because it describes a culture (modern Scottish slum) that I have never seen another book about. Most of the other books I've seen in this vein were about prostitutes in India and other developing countries so this book is unusual.This book does have one large organizational error in that it jumps from the author's childhood to suddenly she is an adult alcoholic, but the story is so good I overlooked that.

This is the autobiography of a truly remarkable woman - though I get the feeling that the author herself would disagree with that comment. This is the story of a woman who who suffered so many "knockbacks" in life, ill health, involved in an abusive relationship etc, that she herself became an alcoholic.When Maureen decided to pull herself together, she joined AA and there met another recovering alcoholic (Hugh), through whom she discovered the Christian faith. For many years now this couple have devoted their lives to helping those who are less fortunate than most, those who society tend to shun ie drug addicts, prostitutes etc.This woman's story is well reading as it takes you through her own battle and the onto helping others with theirs.I personally cannot rate it highly enough!

Great book if you know Glasgow. Is very good on the underbelly of Glasgow. This is book is only slightly Christian in my opinion, it's more about Glasgow

Those who have read it enjoyed it.