by Antonia White (Author), Antonia White (Author), Elizabeth Bowen (Introduction), Tessa Hadley (Introduction)
Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her desires and passions become only those the school permits. Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes.
Convent life is perfectly captured - the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of Nanda's school friends.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Virago
Published: 03 Aug 2006
ISBN 10: 1844083780
ISBN 13: 9781844083787
Book Overview: *'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life' Hermione Lee, Observer