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One can certainly read In This House of Brede as the finely honed story it is. Rumer Godden was a consummate artist long before she was a Christian, and she never betrays her craft, not even to make a doctrinal point. The skills of rich characterization that she brings to her nuns are marvelous to by: 3.

In This House of Brede tells the story of Philippa, a successful businesswoman with a past, who follows God's leading to enter a monastery in Brede England in the s.

Because of her success, connections, and worldliness, her sincerity and willingness to humble herself are doubted at first, but the Abbess Hester agrees that Philippa will be accepted as a novice/5.

One can certainly read In This House of Brede as the finely honed In this house of Brede book it is. Rumer Godden was a consummate artist long before she was a Christian, and she never betrays her craft, not even to make a doctrinal point.

The skills of rich characterization that she brings to her nuns are marvelous to behold/5(). In This House of Brede: A Novel and millions of other books are available for Amazon Kindle.

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In This House of Brede [Rumer Godden] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This extraordinarily sensitive and insightful portrait of religious life centers on Philippa Talbot, a highly successful professional woman who leaves her life among the London elite to join a cloistered Benedictine community.

In This House of Brede was the basis of a made-for-television film /5(). The poignant, New York Times–bestselling novel of the spiritual and personal lives of nuns cloistered in a Benedictine monastery as change begins to rock the Catholic Church.

For most of her adult life, Philippa Talbot has been a successful British professional. Rumer Godden, author of Black Narcissus and In This House of Brede, has crafted a truly transformative tale about faith, forgiveness, and the mercy of a loving God /5(19).

The novel In This House of Brede follows the journey of successful business woman Philippa Talbot as she leaves her life to become a nun at Brede, a Benedictine monastery.

Although she joins the monastery at a more advanced age than most nuns, Philippa is able to use the life experiences she has had to help solve problems and elicit change at.

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Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required/5(). In This House of Brede provides a beautiful apology for the importance of "being" over "doing".

Oh yes, I also had a third response. Reading the book caused in me such a great desire to sing Gregorian Chant that I pulled down my Gradual Triplex and sang for the next hour or so!5/5(6).

In This House of Brede Quotes Showing of 14 “One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable," she had told Richard.

"You can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings.” ― Rumer Godden, In This House of BredeCited by: 3. In This House of Brede, published inbegins with the astonishing decision of an unusually talented and successful English civil servant to enter an enclosed Benedictine convent after the.

I first saw In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden on Anne Bogel’s “20 Absorbing Doorstop for Your Summer Reading List. ” (While Anne had not read the book yet at the time, a reader told her it was a must-read.I second the reader’s opinion because it’s fantastic.) I picked this book up because 1) books set in monasteries and convents fascinate me and 2) I still wanted a good The King's Pleasure/The Day the World Ended/My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr/In this House of Brede/ The Black Camels (Reader's Digest Condensed Books, Volume 4) Published by Reader's Digest ().

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This book is for everybody. You do not have to be Catholic, you do not even have to be religious to appreciate the beautiful story and the writing of In This House of Brede. The nuns of Brede are a cross-section of humanity with all their faults and failures – dreams and aspirations, and their faith and hope.

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I'd like to alert potential purchasers to the large number of print errors that bedevil the Loyola Press edition of "Brede"/5(). In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden. This book is a trip back to religious life pre-Vatican II. Well-written and easily understood. Although book is lengthy, it is a fairly quick read/5(3).

Directed by George Schaefer. With Diana Rigg, Pamela Brown, Gwen Watford, Denis Quilley. A well-to-do London businesswoman gives up her comfortable life, including the man who loves her, to become a cloistered Benedictine nun/10().

In This House of Brede is an answer to one of her enclosed friend’s wishes: a book about nuns as they really are, not as the author wishes them to be.

What do we choose. Though some of the nuns are quite authoritative, like all good books, Godden leaves us with a great number of questions to think about. In This House of Brede Book Summary and Study Guide.

Rumer Godden Booklist Rumer Godden Message Board. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of In This House of Brede; A successful civil servant leaves her life behind to become a Benedictine nun.

Philippa Talbot leaves behind a lover and a successful career in the civil service to pursue life in a. Rumer Godden (–98) was born in England, began writing fiction as an adult living in India, and continued a successful writing career after moving back to England.

She is the author of many novels, including In This House of Brede, Black Narcissus, The River, and Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy/5(19). In This House of Brede: A Novel by Rumer Godden. Following World War II, a British widow joins a Benedictine monastery in this poignant New York Times bestseller from the author of Black Narcissus.

For most of her adult life, Philippa Talbot has been a successful British professional. Find books like In This House of Brede from the world’s largest community of readers.

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You can read my review here, and I hope that everyone enjoys it as much as I background information on the author, Rumer Godden, can be found here. Even though there are discussion questions on the publisher's website, I thought a few. A;though 'In This House of Brede' is a work of fiction, the story explores the mystery and complexity of a religious community and the women who choose this life of prayer and hard work in a thoroughly believable fashion Godden's characters are strong, committed, human and divine/5().

In This House of Brede was the basis of a made-for-television film starring Diana Rigg. About the Author: Rumer Godden (–98) was born in England, began writing fiction as an adult living in India, and continued a successful writing career after moving back to England/5(K).

In Sussex in the south of England, Philippa begins her new life inside Brede Abbey, a venerable, year-old Benedictine monastery. Taking her place among a diverse group of extraordinary women, young and old, she is welcomed into the surprisingly rich and complex world of the devout, whom faith, fate, and circumstance have led there.

Buy In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 8 editions - starting at $ Shop now/5(3). In books like “In This House of Brede” and “Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy” she examined the balance between the submission of the individual and the mystical aspects of religion to the spiritual discipline.

In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden, a 20th century classic written by a woman and worth adding to your reading bucket list. In This House of Brede is largely, as you will have gathered from my description above, a character-driven book, but character development is intricately woven through its layers of plots and sub-plots.

In a nutshell, it is the story of an English Benedictine monastery in the early s. The NOOK Book (eBook) of the In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden l Summary & Study Guide by BookRags at Barnes & Noble. FREE Shipping on Author: Bookrags. A strange peace settled over me as I began to read Rumer Godden’s In This House of Brede.

From the first page to the last, amid all the turmoil and joy to be found in this cloistered community, this peace settled down and never left me. And more than that, it took me by surprise, I who subsist mostly on exciting and adventuresome literature. Read "In This House of Brede A Novel" by Rumer Godden available from Rakuten Kobo.

Following World War II, a British widow joins a Benedictine monastery in this poignant New York Times bestseller from th Brand: Open Road Media. In this house of Brede, VolumePart 1 Reader's Digest condensed books In this House of Brede, Rumer Godden: Author: Rumer Godden: Publisher: Viking Press, Original from: the University of Michigan: Digitized: Length: pages: Subjects/5(18).