Author(s): White, Antonia, Bowen, Elizabeth,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 03/05/2018,
Pagination: 224 pages,
Series: Virago Modern Classics,
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd,
Published By: Little, Brown Book Group,
Book Classification: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Religious & spiritual fiction
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780349010281
Description: 

With a new introduction by Tessa Hadley.

Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her desires and passions become only those the school permits.

Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes. Convent life is perfectly captured - the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of Nanda's school friends.