In This House Of Brede - Softcover

Godden, Rumer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033031906X ISBN 13: 9780330319065

Publisher: Pan, 1991

Synopsis

The story of nuns and postulants in the closed Benedictine Order in the Abbey of Brede. Through the events of the novel Philippa Talbot, an ex-civil servant, learns how to come to terms with the tragedy from her past and even gain serenity. "The River" is another book by the same author.

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Book Description

Rumer Godden's classic 1960s novel is a vivid portrait of a woman's encounter with faith as she enters an order of Benedictine nuns.

From the Back Cover

'The motto was Pax but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort.'

Bruised by tragedy, Philippa Talbot leaves a successful career in the civil service for a new calling. She joins an enclosed order of Benedictine nuns. In this small community of fewer than one hundred women, she soon discovers all the human frailties: jealousy, love, despair. But each crisis of heart and conscience is guided by the compassion and intelligence of the Abbess and by the Sisters' shared bond of faith and ritual. Away from the world, and yet at one with it, Philippa must learn to forgive and forget her past . . .

Edition details

• Publisher: Pan
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033031906X
• ISBN 13: 9780330319065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432