The Anchoress
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The Anchoress

A Novel

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eBook - ePub

The Anchoress

A Novel

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England, 1255. What could drive a girl on the cusp of womanhood to lock herself away from the world forever? Sarah is just seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman shut away in a cell that measures only seven by nine paces, at the side of the village church. Fleeing the grief of losing a much-loved sister in childbirth as well as pressure to marry the local lord's son, she decides to renounce the world--with all its dangers, desires, and temptations--and commit herself to a life of prayer.But it soon becomes clear that the thick, unforgiving walls of Sarah's cell cannot protect her as well as she had thought. With the outside world clamoring to get in and the intensity of her isolation driving her toward drastic actions, even madness, her body and soul are still in grave danger. When she starts hearing the voice of the previous anchoress whispering to her from the walls, Sarah finds herself questioning what she thought she knew about the anchorhold, and about the village itself.With the lyricism of Nicola Griffith's Hild and the vivid historical setting of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites, Robyn Cadwallader's powerful debut novel tells an absorbing story of faith, desire, shame, fear, and the very human need for connection and touch. Compelling, evocative, and haunting, The Anchoress is both quietly heartbreaking and thrillingly unpredictable.

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Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books
Year
2015
ISBN
9780374712617
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Prologue
  7. Sarah
  8. Ranaulf
  9. Sarah
  10. Ranaulf
  11. Sarah
  12. Ranaulf
  13. Sarah
  14. Ranaulf
  15. Sarah
  16. Ranaulf
  17. Sarah
  18. Ranaulf
  19. Sarah
  20. Ranaulf
  21. Sarah
  22. Ranaulf
  23. Sarah
  24. Ranaulf
  25. Sarah
  26. Ranaulf
  27. Sarah
  28. Ranaulf
  29. Sarah
  30. Ranaulf
  31. Sarah
  32. Ranaulf
  33. Sarah
  34. Acknowledgments
  35. A Note About the Author
  36. Newsletter Sign-up
  37. Contents
  38. Copyright