num_pages: 428
description: Philippa Talbot leaves her Civil Service career for a new calling - to join an enclosed order of Benedictine nuns. In this small community, each crisis is guided by the Abbess and the Sisters' shared bond of faith. It is here that Philippa must learn to forgive and forget the past.
language: English
title: In This House of Brede
titlecomplete: In This House of Brede
genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Catholic, Spirituality, Literary Fiction, British Literature, Religion, Literature, Christian, Classics
ratings_count: 5843
places: London, England
publisher: Pan Books