Stone yard devotional / Charlotte Wood.

Wood, Charlotte, 1965-, author

London : Sceptre, 2025.

320 pages ; 20 cm

Originally published: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references.

A woman abandons her city life and marriage to return to the place she grew up, finding solace in a small religious community hidden away on the stark plains of the Monaro. She does not believe in God, doesn't know what prayer is, and finds herself living this strange, reclusive life almost by accident. As she gradually adjusts to the rhythms of monastic life, she ruminates on her childhood in the nearby town. She finds herself turning again and again to thoughts of her mother, whose early death she can't forget. Disquiet interrupts this secluded life with three visitations. First comes a terrible mouse plague, each day signalling a new battle against the rising infestation. Second is the return of the skeletal remains of a sister who left the community decades before to minister to deprived women in Thailand - then disappeared, presumed murdered.

9781399724388 (pbk)

823.92
G
AF

PR9619.3.W625

English

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