from vcg610

This moving and intimate memoir unfolds the story of a young woman in Birmingham, England who decides at age 17 to become a nun and begin the training that will prepare her to be the pure bride of Christ that she longs to be. The year is 1962 and Karen Armstrong is sure this is the right choice f...

from nx74defiant

She brings out that the origin of the habit was to be unobtrusive. That customs developed because of historical accident became endowed over years with weighty significance. I wonder when she took the name Martha, was she being deliberately ironic. She took the name because she learned that pract...

from starbox

Absolutely unputdownable autobiography of a woman who spent seven years as a nun. It''s particularly fascinating as her upbringing was pretty 'normal'- her Catholic family weren't obsessively religious and did their best to try and dissuade her. And in 1962, as she made the decision, she was surr...

from BrGeorge

A well-written memoir by one of the top authors on religion of our time. It's a fascinating read about entering the Roman Catholic convent and how very psychological damaging that experience was on so many girls. Be sure to read the sequel "The Spiral Staircase."

from starbox

Absolutely unputdownable autobiography of a woman who spent seven years as a nun. It''s particularly fascinating as her upbringing was pretty 'normal'- her Catholic family weren't obsessively religious and did their best to try and dissuade her. And in 1962, as she made the decision, she was surr...