One of the young men who accompanied St. Josemarí a Escrivá on his escape to freedom during the Spanish Civil War was Tomá s Alvira. He wished to follow the founder of Opus Dei in a life of apostolic dedication, but as a married, rather than a single, person. St. Josemarí a advised him to wait and, at the right time, he could become part of Opus Dei as well as be a family man with wife and children, which happened within 10 years. Our Lives in His Hands by Olga Marlin is the story of the life and adventures of Tomá s and his wife Paquita, who raised a large family and whose cause of holiness is now progressing through the approval process of the Catholic Church.