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Bright, sensitive Anna Murphy is the youngest ever boarder at the Compagnie de la Sainte Famille and her poetic nature captivates Helen, the Mother Superior. No longer content with provincial convent life, Helen recalls her happy childhood, her brilliant agnostic father and his betrayal she met with a different, subtler treachery. She watches her young charge suffer her onw family dramas and her heart softens as Anna tastes the first fruits of experience. The Land of spices is a luminous novel which explores the nature of love, forgiveness and destiny within the discipline and haunting beauty of an Irish convent.
William Heinemann 1941
Translated into: Italian
Georgia Glover
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