Home » Cloistered
Product Image

Cloistered

Catherine Coldstream
€17.50
Quantity:
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Shipping & Delivery
1990s
a vicarage reunion
A01=Catherine Coldstream
Author_Catherine Coldstream
autobiography
autobiography books for women
autobiographys
biographies and autobiographies
biography
books for women autobiography
british
Category=DNBX1
Category=DNC
Category=JHBZ
Category=QRMB1
Category=QRVS5
Category=VFJX
catholic
catholicism
christianity
coming of age
community
cult
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_health-lifestyle
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
experience
feminist
harmonize hostilities
jesus christ
journey
latest autobiography releases
memoir
non fiction
non fiction books for adults
northern
nun
nun story
nuns
priory
real life
rebanks english pastoral
religion
revelation
sect
spiritual
spirituality
top autobiographies
top non fiction books
true story

Product details

  • ISBN 9781529931518
  • Weight: 248g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Mar 2025
  • Publisher: Vintage Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns
Description

‘Evocative’ Sarah Perry
‘Immersive’ Katherine May
‘Profoundly moving’ Mark Haddon

Discover Catherine Coldstream’s compelling account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery.

After the shock of her father’s death, and with the rest of her family scattered, Catherine was left grieving and alone at twenty-four. A search for meaning led her to the nuns of Akenside Priory.

Here she found a tight-knit community of dedicated women and peace in an ancient way of life. But as she surrenders to her final vows, all is not as it seems behind the Priory’s closed doors.

Catherine comes to realise that divine authority is mediated through flawed and all-too-human channels. She is faced with a dilemma: should she protect the serenity she has found, or speak out?

‘Gripping… A rich memoir’ Daily Telegraph

‘Absorbing and beautifully written’ Financial Times
About Catherine Coldstream
Catherine Coldstream was born in London, and grew up loving music, words, and books. After converting to Roman Catholicism in her twenties, she spent twelve years in a Carmelite monastery where she lived the life of a silent contemplative nun. Since leaving her community she has studied at the Universities of Oxford, East Anglia, and London, and taught theology, philosophy, and ethics in schools. The effects of her years as a nun have never left her and continue to inspire and inform her writing.

More from this author