Five for Sorrow Ten for Joy A Virago Modern Classic

<p><b>BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF <i>BLACK NARCISSUS</i> AND <i>THE RIVER </i></b><br><b><br>'One of our best and most captivating novelists' PHILIP HENSHER </b><br><br><b><i>'Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy</i> is about growth, choice, struggle, and the freedom of the soul' JOAN CHITTISTER </b><br><br><b>'[Godden's] distinctive, poised and unsentimental books have never lost a shred of their almost hypnotic appeal' ROSIE THOMAS, <i>GUARDIAN </i></b><br><br>The Sisters of Béthanie, a French order of Dominican nuns, dedicate themselves to caring for the outcasts of society - criminals, prostitutes and drug addicts. Lise, an English girl who after the liberation of Paris was employed in one of the city's smartest brothels and rose to become a successful madame, finds herself joining the sisters. An inspiring and entirely convincing conversion story that shows how the mercy of God extends to the darkest human places.<br><br>Master storyteller, Rumer Godden, weaves a deeply moving tale of Lise's prison sentence, her conversion and the agonising work among women whose traumatic experiences often outstrip even her own.</p>