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In this house of Brede by Rumer Godden · Booklabria

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In this house of Brede

EnglandChristian life

In this house of Brede

Name: In this house of Brede
Author: Rumer Godden

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First published: 1969
Editions: 21 in 2 languages

Synopsis

Set in England, this is a novel about a successful career woman in her forties who renounces the world to enter Brede monastery, a cloistered order of English Benedictine nuns and what happens to her thereafter.

Subjects: England
Christian life
Sagas
Nuns
Religious fiction
Monastic and religious life of women
Set in: England

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21 in 2 languages

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