In this house of brede by rumer godden6/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Her genuine desire to become a nun clashes with her need to be in charge of her own life. Philippa Talbot is a smart, no-nonsense woman, but she enters the abbey late in life. The ruby, when sold, brings in the exact amount of money needed to save the abbey. When things are most dire and Abbess Catherine is unable to resolve the crisis, the cross mysteriously falls from around her neck and smashes on the ground, revealing a precious ruby. The current abbess, Catherine Ismay, wears a primitive handmade cross given by a long ago princess to the founding abbess of Brede. In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden - Vintage Book - 1969 - Book-of-the-Month-Club Edition - Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Best scene in story:īrede Abbey is facing bankruptcy because of the imprudent financial decisions made by a former abbess. ![]() ![]() By the end of the book, one feels one knows the setting and the characters thoroughly. ![]() The most interesting aspect of the story is the way it's told: the narrator weaves in and out of the past and the present, as well as the minds of several of the nuns. In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden 5.0 Hardcover 34.95 Hardcover 34.95 eBook 14. ![]()
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