And then there were nuns

By Jane Christmas

Subjects: Church of England, Order of the Holy Paraclete, Vocation (in religious orders, congregations, etc.), Christian life, Nuns, Women, religious life

Description: Just as Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent in mid-life to find out whether she is "nun material", her long-term partner Colin springs a marriage proposal on her. Determined not to let her monastic dreams be sidelined, Christmas embarks on a year long adventure to four convents-- one in Canada and three in the UK. In these communities of cloistered nuns and monks, she revels in--and at times chafes against-- the silent, simple existence she has sought off of her life.