We Too Shall Be Mothers
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Author: Sallie Muirden
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
A daring and magical novel which explores religious faith, sexuality and motherhood.A nun whose heart has grown too big for her body ...Handel's water music played by musicians in a boat on a flooding river ...An underwater almshospital where patients float on mattresses moored to the walls ...there are just a few of the magical images from Sallie Muirden's masterful new novel, We too Shall be Mothers. Set in eighteenth century Europe during a period of enormous social and political turmoil, we trace the path of a novice nun named Marie France, a woman at odds with her vocation but in awe of the magic and horror that surround her.We too Shall be Mothers is a novel full of surprises. It is the story of one woman's perilous journey towards motherhood and enlightenment and at the same time a unique document of one of the most fascinating periods in European history. Author of Revelations of a Spanish Infanta - winner of the HarperCollins Fiction prize
Author: Sallie Muirden
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
A daring and magical novel which explores religious faith, sexuality and motherhood.A nun whose heart has grown too big for her body ...Handel's water music played by musicians in a boat on a flooding river ...An underwater almshospital where patients float on mattresses moored to the walls ...there are just a few of the magical images from Sallie Muirden's masterful new novel, We too Shall be Mothers. Set in eighteenth century Europe during a period of enormous social and political turmoil, we trace the path of a novice nun named Marie France, a woman at odds with her vocation but in awe of the magic and horror that surround her.We too Shall be Mothers is a novel full of surprises. It is the story of one woman's perilous journey towards motherhood and enlightenment and at the same time a unique document of one of the most fascinating periods in European history. Author of Revelations of a Spanish Infanta - winner of the HarperCollins Fiction prize
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Sallie Muirden
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
A daring and magical novel which explores religious faith, sexuality and motherhood.A nun whose heart has grown too big for her body ...Handel's water music played by musicians in a boat on a flooding river ...An underwater almshospital where patients float on mattresses moored to the walls ...there are just a few of the magical images from Sallie Muirden's masterful new novel, We too Shall be Mothers. Set in eighteenth century Europe during a period of enormous social and political turmoil, we trace the path of a novice nun named Marie France, a woman at odds with her vocation but in awe of the magic and horror that surround her.We too Shall be Mothers is a novel full of surprises. It is the story of one woman's perilous journey towards motherhood and enlightenment and at the same time a unique document of one of the most fascinating periods in European history. Author of Revelations of a Spanish Infanta - winner of the HarperCollins Fiction prize
Author: Sallie Muirden
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
A daring and magical novel which explores religious faith, sexuality and motherhood.A nun whose heart has grown too big for her body ...Handel's water music played by musicians in a boat on a flooding river ...An underwater almshospital where patients float on mattresses moored to the walls ...there are just a few of the magical images from Sallie Muirden's masterful new novel, We too Shall be Mothers. Set in eighteenth century Europe during a period of enormous social and political turmoil, we trace the path of a novice nun named Marie France, a woman at odds with her vocation but in awe of the magic and horror that surround her.We too Shall be Mothers is a novel full of surprises. It is the story of one woman's perilous journey towards motherhood and enlightenment and at the same time a unique document of one of the most fascinating periods in European history. Author of Revelations of a Spanish Infanta - winner of the HarperCollins Fiction prize
We Too Shall Be Mothers
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