Loyola Classics: In This House of Brede (Edition 1) (Paperback)

from kambrogi

Philippa Talbot decides to enter a monastery (a contemplative order of nuns) at the age of 42, leaving a successful professional life in London. Her small circle of friends and co-workers are shocked, and some in the rural Benedictine monastery in Brede have their doubts about her ability to chan...

from katylit

I found this to be a very beautifully written, compelling story of a monastic community in England, mid 1960's. It loosely centres on one woman's entrance into the Benedictine abbey, but also follows the struggles, joys and sorrows of the other nuns. I found it a very personable book, portraying ...

from medievalmama

I've read this one multiple times over the years, usually when I'm wondering why I'm busting my butt making lots of money for someone else rather than stretching my soul. It's always a good read if you are interested in spirituality, monasticism, simplicity.

from rainpebble

In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden; (5+*) Only 376 pages in this book and it took me more than a week to read it. More than a week to read the beauty that is this novel for I savored every word. Philippa, who has been a wife and mother but is no longer either, is called at the age of 42 to a ...

from brenzi

"The motto was 'Pax,' but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Pax: peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result; subject to constant interruptions, unexpected demands, short sleep at nights, little comfort, sometimes scant food, beset with di...