The Nun S Story

Author: Kathryn Hulme
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353309012
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
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The Nun's Tale

Author: Candace Robb
Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 1626819777
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
“Engrossing . . . Imbued with the flavor of English medieval life, Robb’s story melds true events with fiction to create a gripping historical mystery” (Publishers Weekly). When young nun Joanna Calverley dies of a fever in the town of Beverley in the summer of 1365, she is buried quickly for fear of the plague. But a year later, Archbishop Thoresby learns of a woman who has arrived in York claiming to be the resurrected nun, talking of relic-trading and miracles. And death seems to ride in her wake. The archbishop sends Owen Archer to retrace the woman’s journey, an investigation that leads him across the north from Leeds to Beverley to Scarborough. Along the way he encounters Geoffrey Chaucer, a spy for the king of England, who believes there is a connection between the nun’s troubles, renegade mercenaries, and the powerful Percy family. Back in York, however, Owen’s wife, Lucie, pregnant with their first child, has won the confidence of the mysterious nun and realizes that there are secrets hidden in the woman’s seemingly mad ramblings . . . Based on an enigmatic entry in the records of Clementhorpe Nunnery, this authentic, gripping mystery conjures a fourteenth century ripe with forbidden passions and political intrigue. “[Robb] lives up to the standard set by master medievalist Ellis Peters.” —Booklist

Agatha of Little Neon

Author: Claire Luchette
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374721300
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207

Book Description
A National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" Honoree “An enchanting, sparkling book about the many meanings of sisterhood.” —Kristin Iversen, Refinery29 Claire Luchette's debut, Agatha of Little Neon, is a novel about yearning and sisterhood, figuring out how you fit in (or don’t), and the unexpected friends who help you find your truest self Agatha has lived every day of the last nine years with her sisters: they work together, laugh together, pray together. Their world is contained within the little house they share. The four of them are devoted to Mother Roberta and to their quiet, purposeful life. But when the parish goes broke, the sisters are forced to move. They land in Woonsocket, a former mill town now dotted with wind turbines. They take over the care of a halfway house, where they live alongside their charges, such as the jawless Tim Gary and the headstrong Lawnmower Jill. Agatha is forced to venture out into the world alone to teach math at a local all-girls high school, where for the first time in years she has to reckon all on her own with what she sees and feels. Who will she be if she isn’t with her sisters? These women, the church, have been her home. Or has she just been hiding? Disarming, delightfully deadpan, and full of searching, Claire Luchette’s Agatha of Little Neon offers a view into the lives of women and the choices they make.

Awful Disclosures

Author: Maria Monk
Publisher: New-York : M. Monk
ISBN:
Category : Anti-Catholicism
Languages : en
Pages : 396

Book Description

The Nun's Priest's Tale

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description

A Nun's Story

Author: Sister Agatha
Publisher: Metro Publishing
ISBN: 1786064383
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Shirley Leach lived in a world of extreme comfort, wealth and status. With every good thing life had to offer, she was due to marry the man she loved a man who, in turn, adored her. But all this was to change in a single moment. One happy day, in the midst of writing to her fiancée, her hand stopped writing unbidden; then it continued by itself, etching the words which would change her life forever:...but there's no point now, as I am going to be a nun.That bolt from the blue set events in motion that caused Shirley to lose her mother and sisters, her husband to be, her horses, her parties and life of ease. Within months, Shirley had become Sister Agatha. But her faith in her choice never faltered, despite years of great difficulty when her Convent was close to bankruptcy. Her belief took her to London to knock on the infamously intimidating and tight-fisted Sir Paul Getty's door to secure the money to ensure her community would not lose their home....and getting it. Now eighty-five, she looks back on an incredible life of love, loss and belief. This is at once a deeply poignant tale of doomed romance, and a heart-warming story of taking a leap of faith and finding a meaning in life beyond the wealth and comfort she was born into. Whether a believer or not, Sister Agatha's momentous life will touch and inspire, whilst reminding us that it is perhaps better to accept that not everything in the world is yet explained.

Kicking the Habit

Author: Jeanne Córdova
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 268

Book Description
An autobiographical novel of a lesbian nun.

Secrets of a Nun

Author: Elizabeth Upton
Publisher: Twin Star, Santa Barbara Press
ISBN: 9780972272100
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 235

Book Description
A journey of innocence, passion and miracles where Elizabeth as Sister Roseann is called to come to grips with her faith, her emotional needs and her forbidden loves.

Devadasi, ''A Nun's Story''

Author: Tom Matthews
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1479708372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137

Book Description
"The author wonderfully captures the powerful emotions and human condition of each character. The book is filled with interesting episodes and incidents and it is a fascinating journey for the reader. Well-crafted plot..."

The Nun's Story

Author: Kathryn Hulme
Publisher: Boston; Toronto: Little, Brown
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 362

Book Description
Novel about a nun who is finally dispensed from her vows because she does not feel that she can quite achieve the abnegation required.