Product Description

At the age of nine a girl enters a convent boarding school, dedicated to the "creation of soldiers of Christ, accustomed to hardship and ridicule". In this enclosed world, forbidden but passionate friendships provide the only deviation from a regime that almost stifles her young soul.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #132128 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

CAROL SHIELDS
'Evelyn Waugh called [her] one of the very best novelists of the day a title she still deserves'

About the Author
Antonia White was born in 1899 and educated at in London at St. Paul's and RADA. She worked as a journalist and in the Foreign Office.