{"product_id":"2026200016016-secondhand-nuns-in-jeopardy","title":"Nuns In Jeopardy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the cloistered walls of a convent lies a world ripe with tension, moral ambiguity, and the quiet drama of lives lived in devotion — Nuns in Jeopardy by Martin Boyd is a sardonic and richly observed novel that sets its sights on the intersection of religious vocation and the messy, irrepressible intrusions of the secular world. Boyd chronicles the lives of a community of nuns whose ordered existence is thrown into sharp relief by a series of unsettling events, weaving together wit, irony, and an acute sensitivity to the social hierarchies that governed mid-twentieth-century Australian Catholic life. The novel presents its characters with a deft hand, balancing affection and gentle mockery in equal measure, creating a portrait of institutional life that is at once intimate and universal.\n\nBoyd, one of Australia's most distinguished and underappreciated literary voices, brings to this work the same elegant, ironic prose style that distinguishes his celebrated Langton family series. His writing illustrates a deeply humanist sensibility — one that scrutinises religious and social convention without ever descending into caricature. Published by Sun Books in Melbourne, Nuns in Jeopardy stands as a testament to Boyd's remarkable range and his enduring preoccupation with questions of faith, identity, and belonging. Readers who enter this world will find themselves wondering, long after the final page, just how thin the walls between devotion and doubt truly are.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342772150491,"sku":"2026200016016-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b70e189d-2af1-4d2d-8d5c-5101b6617893.png?v=1790048981","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016016-secondhand-nuns-in-jeopardy","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}