Leonard Feeney, a controversial (soon-to-be excommunicated) Catholic priest, has founded a religious community called the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Center's members surrender all earthly possessions and aspects of their life, including their children, to him. Patricia Chadwick was one of those children, and LITTLE SISTER is her account of growing up in the Feeney sect. Separated from her parents and forbidden to speak to them, Patricia bristles against the community’s draconian rules, yearning for another life. When, at 17, she is banished from the Center, she faces the world alone, without skills, family or money but empowered with faith and a fierce determination to succeed on her own --- which she does, rising eventually to the upper echelons of the world of finance and investing.