'O'Brien exquisitely evokes the harem atmosphere of convent life, the beauty and the silence, the bickering and the cruelties ... If novels can be music, this is a novel with perfect pitch' Clare Boylan *'A wonderful book, a land to be revisited' Irish Times *'This subtle and beautifully constructed novel deals with the conflict between human and divine love' Sunday Times

Kate O'Brien (1897-1974), one of Ireland's greatest and best-loved writers, was born in Limerick. As well as writing plays, travel, and biography, she published nine wonderful novels.