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Author:
Dunant, Sarah.
Title:
Sacred hearts : a novel / Sarah Dunant.
Edition:
Random House trade pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Random House Trade Paperbacks,
Copyright Date:
2010, c2009
Description:
426 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Nuns--Italy--Fiction.
Convents--Italy--Fiction.
Women--Italy--Social conditions--16th century--Fiction.
Ferrara (Italy)--Fiction.
Nuns--Italy--Fiction.
Convents--Italy--Fiction.
Women--Italy--Social conditions--Fiction.
Ferrara (Italy)--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [413]-415).
Summary:
In the year 1570, the convent of Santa Caterina is disrupted by the arrival of sixteen-year-old Serafina, the daughter of a noble family who has been forced to attend the convent and begins a complex relationship of trust and betrayal with one of the nuns that will bring about a rebellion among the nuns that is further complicated by the dictates of the Counter-Reformation.
Series:
Random House reader's circle
Indexed by:
Library Journal Starred, July 2009
Pub Weekly, June 2009
Booklist, June 2009
Library Journal Starred
Pub Weekly
Booklist
ISBN:
0812974050
9780812974058 (pbk.)
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
HBPB755 -- Merrill Public Library (Merrill)

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