Sacred Hearts: A Novel (Random House Reader's Circle)

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Description: The year is 1570, and a new novice has just been forced into the Italian convent of Santa Caterina. Ripped by her family from the man she loves, sixteen-year-old Serafina is sharp and defiant. Her first night inside the walls is spent in an incandescent rage so violent that the dispensary mistress, Suora Zuana, is dispatched to the girl’s cell to sedate her. Thus begins a complex relationship of trust and betrayal. As Serafina rails against her incarceration, disorder and rebellion mount inside the convent, while beyond its walls, the dictates of the Counter-Reformation begin to impose a regime of oppression that threatens wha ... (more)

Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Release date: 6 April 2010
ISBN-10 : 0812974050 | ISBN-13: 9780812974058

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