Description
A middle-aged widow at the edge of despair writes to her former teacher, Sister Benedicta, seeking refuge in the one voice that once offered clarity. With her family life now unbearable and her future narrowing to nothing, Ruby turns inward—using memory, confession, and imagination—to confront the limits of the role she has been trained to play. As her letter unfolds, the novel becomes both a plea for spiritual and emotional shelter and a quiet reckoning with identity, freedom, and the possibility of reinvention. Rose Tremain’s spare, intimate style captures the ache of ordinary lives under pressure, transforming a private correspondence into a resonant meditation on survival and selfhood.
Available Editions
paperback
Vintage
Published Sep 2, 1999
176 pages
ISBN: 9780099284079
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First Published
1978
Language
eng
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