Kitty from the Start
Judy Delton
Houton Mifflin, 1987
ISBN: 978-0395428474
Should you be looking for a nice Christmas or First Communion gift for a young girl, Kitty from the Start by Judy Delton would be a good choice. Kitty herself is in third-grade, but the book should appeal to readers from 3rd-5th. Good second grade readers could enjoy [...]
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The Catholic Novel: An Annotated Bibliography by Albert J. Menendez
Posted in Reference books, Suggestions for further reading on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Catholic Novel: An Annotated Bibliography
by Albert J. Menendez
Garland Publishing, 1988
ISBN: 0824085345
This bibliography is a treasure trove of obscure Catholic novels. Many of these titles Menendez found scouring used bookstores, that haven of serendipity that is, alas, rapidly disappearing. The introduction begins with a short history of the Catholic novel beginning in the nineteenth-century for [...]
In This House of Brede by Rumer Godden
Posted in Convents on October 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In This House of Brede
by Rumer Godden
The Viking Press, 1969
In This House of Brede was published in 1969, and the story begins about fifteen years before that in 1954. As the outside world (including the Church) becomes more volatile, even the enclosed world of the Benedictine nuns in Brede Abbey feels these fluctuations. The sisters [...]
