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  1. Feb 1, 2005 · After watching 'Black Magnolia,' I looked up Rumer Godden's other works and read reviews of 'In This House of Brede.' Can nuns' life in a cloister be interesting, even exciting? Yes! This is an inside look at a tight-knit community of women, their personalities and struggles behind the walls of Brede, a monastery for nuns.

  2. Rumer Godden takes us inside Brede Abbey, the centuries old home for Roman Catholic nuns of the contemplative Benedictine Order. Our entrance is in the mid-1950’s with her character Philippa Talbot, who arrives after living a full life on the outside as wife, mother and successful administrator.

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  3. In Sussex in the south of England, Philippa begins her new life inside Brede Abbey, a venerable, 130-year-old Benedictine monastery. Taking her place among a diverse group of extraordinary women, young and old, she is welcomed into the surprisingly rich and complex world of the devout, whom faith, fate, and circumstance have led there.

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  4. Jan 15, 2021 · In This House of Brede. Paperback – January 15, 2021. by Rumer Godden (Author) 4.5 1,833 ratings. See all formats and editions. Pax is the motto of Brede Abbey. Yet its peace is the peace of God—“not,” as Godden brings to her readers’ notice, “the world’s peace.”. The walls of Brede witness life of unceasing work and prayer ...

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  5. Dec 13, 2016 · In this gripping narrative of the crises surrounding the ancient Brede abbey, Rumer Godden penetrates to the mysterious, inner heart of a religious community—a place of complexity and conflict, as well as joy and love. It is a place where Philippa, to her own surprise and her friends’ astonishment, finds her life by losing it.

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  6. Mar 14, 2022 · In This House of Brede. Hardcover – March 14 2022. by Rumer Godden (Author) 4.5 1,765 ratings. See all formats and editions. Pax is the motto of Brede Abbey. Yet its peace is the peace of God-"not," as Godden brings to her readers' notice, "the world's peace." The walls of Brede witness life of unceasing work and prayer, little creature ...

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  8. In This House of Brede. Hardcover – 14 Mar. 2022. by Rumer Godden (Author) 4.5 1,700 ratings. See all formats and editions. Pax is the motto of Brede Abbey. Yet its peace is the peace of God-"not," as Godden brings to her readers' notice, "the world's peace." The walls of Brede witness life of unceasing work and prayer, little creature ...

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