Saint Gemma began writing her autobiography on February 17, 1901 at the direction of her confessor, Fr. Germano. She completed it in May, 1901, two years before her death on April 11, 1903. The manuscript copy, a spiritual testament, written in Gemma's own hand, is on display in Saints John and Paul Basilica in Rome. -- Copied from Amazon.com
A little gem of a booklet about St. Gemma Galgani, a saint I had never heard of until my dear cousin Tevis said to pray to St. Gemma for her daughter Anna's scoliosis of the spine. Turns out she is the patron saint of back pain!!
Many of us may also need her intercession :)
Maria Gemma Umberta Pia Galgani was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "Daughter of Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ.