Decades after their days as chums at St. Brigid's convent school, three women--Hollywood director Megan, married Aussie Greta, and Sister Joan, a nun--reunite and struggle to rediscover themselves. By the author of War Brides. Reprint. NYT.
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Her fifth book (after War Brides ) should confirm Battle as an outstanding practitioner of the kind of old-fashioned, well-crafted novel that rewards readers with rich details and an absorbing story. This poignant exploration of women's needs, goals and choices resonates with insightful implications about women's roles in modern society. Bursting with vitality (symbolized by her unruly red hair), Megan Hanlon is an up-and-coming filmmaker returning to her Australian homeland on business. She encounters her former convent school classmate Greta Papandreou, now a meek homemaker dependent on her unfaithful husband. As much as Megan desires self-validation and Greta is desperate for security, Joan (formerly Sister Mary Magdalene) a nun still teaching at the convent school, dreams of independence from the institution that has fiercely constrained her mind and body. Forced to make life-altering decisions regarding careers and loved ones, all three examine their ties with the past and their Catholic heritage. Battle's quietly heroic characters are beautifully believable, and her evocation of her native Australia adds an estimable dimension to an engrossing novel. 50,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild alternate.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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When famous Hollywood producer Megan Hanlon returns to her native Western Australia to visit her family, old friendships formed in her convent school days reappear. Her favourite teacher, Sister Mary Magdalene, who was a very young nun in those days, is still there although champing at the bit in her yearning for intellectual freedom. Megan meets an old school friend, Greta, daughter of Greek immigrants, at a party, and reluctantly agrees to accompany her to the convent for a visit, feeling acutely uncomfortable about the renewed friendship as she'd had a brief fling with Greta's husband without knowing that he was married.Sister Mary Magdalene, now simply known as Joan, is having second thoughts about remaining in the convent, especially now that she's formed a close friendship with one of the professors at the university she attends. I loved this book as I found it to be one of the more old fashioned kind of story with lots of detail.
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Sorry to say i did not read this book. the other one I read dragged on and on so bad I did not waist my time
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