“If you would like to know what a nun's life was really like in the 17th century, this is the book for you. Most historical fiction treats nuns as either pious to the point of mental illness or completely hypocritical and faithless. If you believe these novels, there was more sex going on within convent walls than there was outside. Perhaps we have no one to blame but Boccaccio. In any case, Harline provides a beautifully written account of one very difficult and unhappy Belgian nun, and...”

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