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Author
Publisher
Overlook Duckworth
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An astonishing memoir of twelve years as a contemplative nun in a silent monastery. Cloistered takes the reader deep into the hidden world of a traditional Carmelite monastery as it approaches the third Millennium and tells the story of an intense personal journey into and out of an enclosed life of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Finding an apparently perfect world at Akenside Priory, in Northumberland, Catherine trusts herself to a group of twenty...
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