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Enjoy again a tale of friendship, faith and finding your destiny in this classic women's fiction novel by #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. They were sisters once. In a more innocent time, three girls enter the convent. Angelina, Kathleen and Joanna come from very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common-the desire to join a religious order and serve as best they can. Despite the seclusion of the convent house in...
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Publisher
Overlook Duckworth
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"The atmospheric novel set during the Tudor era of a young woman's struggle to define herself in a world of uncertainty, intrigue, and danger in a period of great upheaval In 1535, England is hardly a wellspring of gender equality; it is a grim and oppressive age where women--even the privileged few who can read and write--have little independence. In The Butcher's Daughter, it is this milieu that mandates Agnes Peppin, daughter of a simple country...
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Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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In 1969, after years as a Roman Catholic nun -- failing at finding God -- Armstrong left her convent. She knew almost nothing of the world she was entering and was tormented by panic attacks and eizures. Her struggle was fueled by a string of discouragements -- failed spirituality, doctorate and jobs, fruitless dealings with psychiatrists -- but in 1976, she was diagnosed with epilepsy and given proper treatment. She began the writing career that...
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