by Ann Patchett
First published 1992
Rose, a young woman who's reinvented herself as a nun, finds her carefully crafted life crumbling when her estranged mother suddenly appears. As the reasons for Rose's flight from her former life are revealed, she must confront the lies she's told and the choices that led her to the sanctuary of the convent. A powerful story of identity, family, and the possibility of redemption.
Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Kentucky
336 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin