And Then They Were Nuns
Susan J. Leonardi
‘Beatrice has probably told you that when someone starts talking about staying, we usually send her home for a while, away from the seductions of these holy hills, so she can decide whether she really wants to plant herself in a nunnery. And to make sure she’s not running away. As I was.’
Julian Pines Abbey. From 1965-2000, women come and stay or come and go, in a quiet experiment to remake religious and communal life. No tradition is safe from revision – not the tradition that says God is male, or that women can’t be priests, or that nuns must be celibate.
With a vision both generous and uncompromising, And Then They Were Nuns tells the story of the women who, as Sister Anne says, come for all the wrong reasons and – if they stay – stumble on good ones, while they struggle (sometimes hilariously) with love, sex, community, snakes, neighbors, outhouses, poverty, goats, sanity, sobriety, sisterhood, compost, and the life of the spirit.
Includes a book club reader’s guide.
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Details
| ISBN | 1563411261 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publication Date | May-03 |
| Publisher | Firebrand Books |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| No. of Pages | 204 |
| Notes | Lambda Literary Award Finalist |
| Language | English |
| Rating | Good |
| Subject | Humor; Religion |
| BookID | 496 |