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010 $a 2001020066
020 $a1570627193 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm46359336
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035 $a(NNC)3065876
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050 00 $aPS3558.O6976$bC66 2001
082 00 $a813/.54$221
100 1 $aHorsley, Kate,$d1952-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95015549
245 10 $aConfessions of a pagan nun /$ca novel by Kate Horsley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aBoston :$bShambhala ;$a[New York] :$bDistributed in the U.S. by Random House,$c2001.
300 $axi, 191 pages ;$c20 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Cloistered in a stone cell at the monastery of Saint Brigit, a sixth-century Irish nun secretly records the memories of her Pagan youth, interrupting her assigned task of transcribing Augustine and Patrick.".
520 8 $a"Gwynneve writes of her village's pigkeepers and fishermen, their petty squabbles and lusty warrior sagas. She writes of her fiercely independent mother, whose skill with healing plants and inner strength she inherited. She writes of her druid teacher, the brusque but magnetic Giannon, who first introduced her to the mysteries of written language.".
520 8 $a"But disturbing events at the cloister keep intervening. As the monastery is rent by vague and fantastic accusations, Gwynneve's words become the one force that can save her from annihilation."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aIreland$xHistory$yTo 1172$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115508
650 0 $aDruids and druidism$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117533
650 0 $aWomen$zIreland$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113490
650 0 $aWomen, Celtic$vFiction.
650 0 $aNuns$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108419
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
852 00 $bglx$hPS3558.O6976$iC66 2001