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In This House of Brede
by Rumer Godden
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Philippa Talbot gives up a successful civil-service career to enter an English Benedictine abbey, carrying private grief into a life governed by prayer, work, and community. Behind the convent walls she finds neither an escape from human complexity nor effortless peace. The sisters have ambitions, jealousies, vulnerabilities, and unexpected reserves of generosity, while Philippa must confront what she has brought with her. This substantial novel combines the absorbing detail of an unfamiliar way of life with compassionate portraits of women. Its spirituality emerges through difficult relationships and daily commitments rather than easy answers. (hachette.co.uk)
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