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Cloistered in a stone cell at the monastery of Saint Brigit, a sixth-century Irish nun secretly records the memories of her Pagan youth, interrupting her assigned task of transcribing Augustine and Patrick. She also writes of her fiercely independent mother, whose skill with healing plants and... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gwynneve: The cloistered nun writing her memories in the monastery of Saint Brigit
- Giannon: A druid who teaches Gwynneve
- Sister Luirrenn: One of the elder nuns who welcomes Gwynneve to St Brigit's monastery.
- Sister Aillenn: The newest and youngest woman to join the monastery, who suffers some unknown torment.
Quotes edit
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“I would live in a world full of Christ-like humans, but not one full of Christians, may God forgive me.”
Gwynneve -
“My mother’s fingers holding herbs, stained by the black earth she dug them from, and her merry mouth, one side curling up, are pictures of pagan freedom I cannot purge or unlove.”
Gwynneve -
“Self hatred seems to me an evil thing in itself rather than an antidote to evil. If we practice self hatred, then the sacrifice we make of ourselves and our lives is not sacred, for it is a gift of something we hate rather than of something we have nurtured and loved.”
Gwynneve -
“Rather than seeing a contest between Druid and Christian, I see a kinship between stone chapel and stone circle. One encloses and protects the spirit; the other exposes it and joins it with the elements.”
Gwynneve
First Sentence edit
I, Gwynneve, a sinner quite uncultivated and the least of all the faithful and utterly despicable to many, appeal to Saint Brigit or the goddess Brigit, whateve it is her wish to be called.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Kate Horsley (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Shambhala
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1570627193
Page Count: 208
Publisher: Shambhala
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 1570627193
Page Count: 208
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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