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Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1969
Physical Desc
376 p.
Language
English
Description
Set in England, this is a novel about a successful career woman in her forties who renounces the world to enter Brede monastery, a cloistered order of English Benedictine nuns and what happens to her thereafter.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
1939
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of five nuns who are dedicated to work and welcome the assignment to open a school and hospital in remote Hindustan. But the altitude, isolation, and exotic atmosphere begin to take their psychological toll leading to spiritual failures, sexual frustrations, and madness.
12) The dark horse
Author
Language
English
Description
"In Calcutta, India, John Quillan cares for racehorses belonging to wealthy owners, and Mother Morag, who lives just down the road and leads a group of nuns working with Calcutta's poor, loves to watch these beautiful animals in action. Now, a new Thoroughbred, Dark Invader, has been shipped from England, rejected after a losing season, in which he didn't live up to his owner's expectations. A beautiful creature with rippling muscles and satin skin,...
13) Kitchen madonna
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
c1966
Physical Desc
89 p. : col. plates.
Language
English
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