In this house of Brede - Rumer Godden

"A novel of sensitive dedication." -The Atlantic Monthly

"Rumer Godden deals precisely with the theme of the religious life . .
. as representing 'the heart of holiness of the Church.' It is at once a life of
great peace and often equally intense struggle." -America
magazine

This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life
centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves
her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community. In
this gripping narrative of the crises surrounding the ancient Brede abbey, Rumer
Godden penetrates to the mysterious, inner heart of a religious community-a
place of complexity and conflict, as well as joy and love. It is a place where
Philippa, to her own surprise and her friends' astonishment, finds her life by
losing it.