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Frost in May

By: Antonia White
Narrated by: Kim Bretton
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Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient, and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her desires and passions become only those the school permits. Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes.

Convent life is perfectly captured—the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of Nanda's school friends.

©1933 The Literary Executors of Antonia White (P)2024 Tantor Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Women's Fiction

Critic Reviews

"Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail." -Hermione Lee, Observer
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