The Land of Spices (Virago Modern Classics)
by:
Kate O'Brien (author)
Behind the high, closed walls of a convent in the Irish countryside, the lives of its inhabitants are gently marked by the daily rituals of spiritual life. Watching over Anna, her sensitive and poetic young charge, the Mother Superior revisits her childhood relationship with her father. As Anna...
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Behind the high, closed walls of a convent in the Irish countryside, the lives of its inhabitants are gently marked by the daily rituals of spiritual life. Watching over Anna, her sensitive and poetic young charge, the Mother Superior revisits her childhood relationship with her father. As Anna develops from a six-year-old to a scholarship candidate, Helen comes to understand her own heart and makes peace with her past.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781844083169 (1844083160)
ASIN: 1844083160
Publish date: 2006-07-01
Publisher: Virago UK
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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