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Tuesday, February 18th, 2014

Roman Catholic women of a certain age will remember being obsessed as teenagers with Kathryn Hulme’s The Nun’s Story, book and film – “Is God calling me to be Audrey Hepburn?” It’s still a good strong read, and even more fascinating when you know the story behind it. It is a novel, but based on the Read more

Tags: Audrey Hepburn, fiction, Iris Murdoch, novels, Nuns, Religious Sisters
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