As an author, Carla Knorowski has written acclaimed books on the subject of  Abraham Lincoln. Gettysburg Replies achieved number one ranking on Amazon's list of Civil War history books in 2015. She co-authored Under Lincoln's Hat and contributed to Lincoln: An Intimate Portrait. Now, Carla is exploring personal narratives. Her new book, Blessing My Mother's Rosary: Lourdes. Loss. Love. is an intimate story of her travels to Lourdes, the City of Miracles, located deep in the heart of French Occitan country to fulfill a promise she made to her mother--a promise she fulfilled after almost forty years.