The long fall
By: Penelope Wilcock
Series: The hawk & the dove series -- 3
Publisher: Lion Fiction
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781782641438; 9781782641445
Subjects: Monastic and religious life; History; St Alcuin's (Imaginary organization); Fiction; Monks; Middle Ages; Benedictine monasteries
Description: Peregrine, the strong and dearly loved leader of the community of St Alcuin's monastery, suffers a stroke. Badly incapacitated, he begins an arduous recovery with the help of his brothers in the infirmary. Brother Tom, the young monk closest to him, is horrified by the suffering Peregrine's illness has inflicted. He keeps his distance, out of his depth. How will he find enough courage to make this demanding journey of vulnerability with his friend? How can they communicate now Peregrine can no longer speak? How will Tom respond to the terrible, secret promise his abbot asks him to make?
Notes: Reprint. Previously published: Wheaton, Ill. : Crossway Books, 1993.