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Impossible saints
By Roberts, Michele
- ISBN
- 978-0-88001-597-4
- Publisher
- Hopewell, N.J. : Ecco Press, 1998.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1998
In her new work, Roberts, shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her novel Daughters of the House (LJ 9/1/93), alternates chapters of a longer work about the fictional St. Josephine with stories about young girls who achieve sainthood through martyrdom. Josephine becomes a nun after a serious conflict with her beloved father. Because her commitment to her religious vocation is insec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
