The anchoress
(Book - Regular Print)

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[Place of publication not identified] : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015., New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition
First American edition.
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310 pages ; 22 cm
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015., New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English

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"A startling and strange debut novel about a young girl's desperate choice to isolate herself from the world England, 1255: Sarah is only seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman much like Saint Hildegard of Bingen, shut away in asmall cell, measuring seven by nine paces, at the side of the village church. Fleeing the grief of losing a much-loved sister in childbirth and the pressure to marry, she decides to renounce the world, with all its dangers, desires, and temptations, and to commit herself to a life of prayer. But it soon becomes clear that even the thick, unforgiving walls of her cell cannot keep the outside world away, and Sarah's body and soul are still in great danger. Robyn Cadwallader's powerful debut novel tells anabsorbing, entirely human, and compulsively readable story of faith, desire, shame, fear, and the very human need for connection and touch. Compelling, evocative, and haunting, The Anchoress is both quietly heartbreaking and thrillingly unpredictable"--,Provided by publisher.
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"A debut novel, set in 1255, about a young woman who chooses to become an anchoress, which means shutting herself away in a small cell by the side of the village church for the rest of her life and devoting herself to prayer"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Cadwallader, R. (2015). The anchoress (First American edition.). Farrar Straus & Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cadwallader, Robyn. 2015. The Anchoress. Farrar Straus & Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Cadwallader, Robyn. The Anchoress Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Cadwallader, Robyn. The Anchoress First American edition., Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2015.

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