And Then They Were Nuns by Susan J. Leonardi

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

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