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    <name><![CDATA[Maryellen]]></name>
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  <title>In This House of Brede</title>
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    <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>2</votes>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone, ]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 09 19:39:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jul 09 19:47:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book and it is not a subject I was drawn to.  It is about a Benedictine Abbey for women and they are contemplative, only see visitors through a grille once they have taken their vows.  It is peaceful but the group of nuns create their own enviroment.  The main character does not enter the order until she is in her early forties and her adjustment is somewhat difficult.  The author is English but lived in India until she was a teenager.  She describes the individual sisters and their differences so that each character is seen as an individual, not just a member of a group.  Although they are not in the world, like any community, they worry about money and gardening and rehearsing the choir for holidays and holy days.  I am reading it slowly now because I don't want it to end. I was not familiar with this book but apparently it was made into a movie.  ]]></body>
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