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category: Travel
published: Aug 2013
ISBN:9781553658009
publisher: Greystone Books Ltd

And Then There Were Nuns

Adventures in a Cloistered Life

by Jane Christmas

tagged: religious, women
Description

Bestselling author Jane Christmas decides to enter a convent to discern whether she is, as she puts it, "nun material." But just as she convinces herself to take the plunge, her long-term partner, Colin, surprises her with a marriage proposal. Determined not to let her monastic dreams get sidelined, Christmas puts her engagement aside and embarks on an extraordinary year-plus adventure to four convents—one in Canada and three in the U.K. Among these communities of cloistered nuns and monks, she shares—and occasionally rails against—the silent, reverent, pared-down existence she has sought all her life. With insight and humour, she provides a glimpse into a seldom-seen lifestyle.

About the Author

Jane Christmas is the author of numerous bestselling books, including What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim, about her mid-life pilgrimage on Spain’s Camino trail; Incontinent on the Continent, which details her six-week trip through Italy with her elderly mother; as well as And Then There Were Nuns, a humorous memoir about Jane’s decision to enter religious life, which was a finalist for the 2014 Leacock Memorial Award for Humour. Jane lives in Toronto, Ontario.

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