Hi, Liz! I've seen this movie, and I've always wanted to read the book. I will be waiting for it to be available to read. Thanks for the hard work! Jana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liz Halperin" <lizzers@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 10:05 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] just submitted > Someone is in for a wonderful first experience, or a rewarding re-read: > "The Nun's Story" by Kathryn Hulme, 1956. Wonderfully clean scan--I > spent hours on this one. Long synopsis: > > A doctor's daughter in Belgium joins a convent in the late 1920s. This > story follows her spiritual journey as well as her decade in the Belgian > Congo, then back to Europe for the start of WW2. Germans occupy Belgium > and Sister Luke is further tormented by spiritual doubts. This book is > beautifully written and became a classic. It was made into a movie with > Audrey Hepburn. There is a lot of vocabulary in Latin, Flemish, French, > and some Kiswhahili. It is a deeply rewarding experience to read this > book, regardless of one's spiritual or religious grounding. > > Liz Halperin > Seattle, WA > lizzers@xxxxxxxxxxx > > >