The Convent, by Maureen McCarthy
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The Convent, by Maureen McCarthy
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A breathtaking novel that follows the hidden and intertwined lives of four young women as they face difficult, life-changing, impossible choices during the 1920s, 1960s, and the present 'I woke up with a feeling about today,' Stella says dreamily. 'Something truly amazing is going to happen.' 'To us or to the world?' I say. 'To you.' 'To me?' I laugh. 'Nothing ever happens to me, Stella.' 'But today it will.' 'Will it be good?' She looks thoughtful and then frowns. 'I . . . I don't know.' Peach is 19 and pretty happy with the way things are. She has her college work, two wildly different best friends, her sister, Stella, to look after, and a broken heart to mend. But when she takes a summer job at a café in the old convent, her idea of who she is takes a sharp turn into the past. Where once there were nuns, young girls and women who had fallen on hard times, Peach discovers secrets from three generations of her family. As their stories are revealed, Peach is jolted out of her comfort zone. But does she really want to know who she is? Warm and real, intense and provocative, this novel shows in vivid detail how fate and the choices we make ripple and reverberate through time.
The Convent, by Maureen McCarthy- Amazon Sales Rank: #7414211 in Books
- Published on: 2015-11-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x 1.30" w x 5.00" l,
- Binding: Paperback
- 440 pages
From Booklist Aside from her broken heart, Peach has a good life. But in the summer of her nineteenth year, she takes a job at a café in what was once Abbotsford Convent and her life changes forever. She always accepted that she was adopted, but she never knew her family history was tightly bound to the convent. Four generations of mothers and daughters are brought to life in this story set in Australia between the early 1900s and the cusp of the new millennium. Told without apology for the women’s true feelings, or forgiveness for the way women were treated by the Catholic church—in habit or out—McCarthy puts hard realities front and center. In this no-holds-barred tale of longing, the overriding melancholy is given a sheer coating of hope. As the plot pulls the past into the present, we are reminded that our choices, as well as those supposedly made in our best interests, impact more than our immediate world. Adults should be reading this one, too. Grades 10-12. --Jeanne Fredriksen
Review "McCarthy, a popular author for both teens and adults in her native Australia, has written a complicated soap opera of a book, one full of fresh, authentic characters and a setting that readers will enjoy visiting." —Booklist starred review on Rose by Any Other Name“In this no-holds-barred tale of longing, the overriding melancholy is given a sheer coating of hope. As the plot pulls the past into the present, we are reminded that our choices, as well as those supposedly made in our best interests, impact more than our immediate world. Adults should be reading this one, too.” —Booklist
About the Author Maureen McCarthy is the author of Rose By any Other Name and When You Wish Upon a Rat.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A very interesting read By Bellamusica I would recommend this book to a wide range of age-groups - older and younger females in particular. It was thoroughly enjoyable, and I related to the area and the convent in which it is set as I have visited there often. It was an interesting social commentary on religeous life pre Vatican II, as well as an accurate depiction of a teenager's life in this era. I also liked Maureen McCarthy's sensitive insight to the emotional issues in this story. All in all, very enjoyable and highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Convent By emmaline This is the best book I have read all year. I simply could not put it down. I live close to the Convent and have been in the gardens a few times, but now I really want to do a tour of it all.I found it very sad to think this happened in my life time. Thank goodness they don't take inpressionable young ladies in to the cloisters any more. I have recommended this engaging book to several of my friends.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Highly recommended to women of all ages By Amelia68 Based on her mother's own history as ward of the state at the Abbotsford Convent in Victoria, the author tells the story of three generations of women whose lives have been affected in different ways by the convent's historical past. Ellen, who at age four became a ward of the state living at the convent, after her father had her mother declared an unfit parent; Cecilia, Ellen's only daughter, who at age nineteen took her vows and joined the secluded order as Sister Anunciata; and 19-year-old Peach (or Perpetua), Cecilia's daughter adopted out at birth and as yet unaware of her heritage.With insight and sensitivity the author tackles the subjects of motherhood, religion and the changing role of women in our society, as well as the search for our origins and the legacies of past generations which shape our lives though we might not be aware of them. I really enjoyed reading this book, and the characters came alive for me. McCarthy is one of the few authors who manages to pull off switching characters and times between individual chapters, without distracting from the main storyline or confusing the reader. Whilst we hear from Peach in the first person, her mother's and grandmother's stories are narrated in the third person, and skip back and forth between 1916 and the present time - which slowly unveils their personal histories and fleshes out their characters as the reader learns more about them.Having visited several convents on our travels around Australia, I could picture the austere room Cecilia would have inhabited at the convent, as well as the isolation, the heat and a life totally removed from anything she would have known previously. Not a stranger to the Catholic religion (after spending my childhood in Europe), I was still somewhat shocked by the harsh boundaries imposed on the convent's young recruits and charges - as well as learning that a man had the power to have a child taken away from her mother without a proper trial and prove of neglect. Despite the messages contained in the story and its sometimes controversial themes, the author tells the story without judgment or righteousness, but creates an interesting contrast between the different life stories which stimulates the readers to make up his/her own mind. Though some of the later elements of the story where predictable, I savoured every opportunity to learn more about its protagonists, hoping for all the threads to come together in the end.Tackling issues affecting every woman at some stage of her life, this book will appeal to women of all ages - even if only to muse how conditions have changed for our gender in the last century. The Convent also provides a fascinating insight into a chapter of Australian history not often addressed in fiction - of convent life in rural Australia. An insightful, thought provoking and enjoyable read - highly recommended.
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