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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel Sister Pelagia and the red cockerel B. Akunin When someone bashes in the head of Manuila, the messianic leader of a rogue Jewish sect, aboard a steamboat on which Pelagia happens to be a passenger, her observations prove useful to the investigat… OL15861868W
The convent The convent Panos Karnezis The Sisters at Our Lady of Mercy convent on the Spanish sierra find their solitude and silence altered when Mother Superior Maria Ines discovers a baby abandoned in a suitcase at the entrance to thei… OL16441453W
Jerome's Pillows Jerome's Pillows Christian Filostrat Sister Immanuel recounts her life and the life of her great love, Sister Mària, from their childhood in Belgium to their service as Catholic nuns in colonial Belgian Congo in this mesmerizing, psycho… OL17120102W
The red nun The red nun Gail Godwin From Gail Godwin, three-time National Book Award finalist and acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Evensong and The Finishing School, comes a sweeping new novel of friendship, loyalty, riva… OL1865748W
R is for rebel R is for rebel J. Anderson Coats Princess Academy meets Megan Whalen Turner in this stunning novel about a girl who won t let anything tame her spirit not the government that conquered her people, and definitely not reform school! OL19733978W
Echoes Echoes Danielle Steel Against a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of loss… OL19738W
The outlaw's tale The outlaw's tale Margaret Frazer Leaving the safety of her nunnery walls behind, Dame Frevisse is drawn into an unholy web of treachery and deceit. Waylaid on the King's Highway by a band of outlaws, Frevisse is shocked to discover … OL473662W
The Apostate's Tale The Apostate's Tale Margaret Frazer As the nuns of St. Frideswide's priory prepare for the welcome end of Lent, their peaceful expectations are overset by the sudden return of long-vanished Sister Cecely. Nine years ago she fled from t… OL473677W
The widow's tale The widow's tale Margaret Frazer Recently widowed and still grieving, Cristiana Helyngton finds her life wrenched apart by her late husband's greedy and ambitious relatives, who are determined to have control of her lands and her da… OL473679W
Somewhat Saved Somewhat Saved Pat G'Orge-Walker In her latest, most soulful and side-splitting send-up of church life yet, Pat G’Orge-Walker’s hilarious cast of parishioners battle their worst vices, the funny and serious sides of aging, and each … OL6037444W