6/7/2023 0 Comments Angeline by Anna Quinn![]() ![]() Here, her sisters march for social justice, give communion, have pets, and preach equality. But as she adjusts to warmth and plenty in place of her former paucity, she begins to think that Washington is where she’s meant to be. Angeline is sent to an island past Seattle that’s led by “the Gloria Steinem of nuns.”Īt first, the freedoms of Light of the Sea are anathema to Angeline-as is the fact that its sisters have been excommunicated for the same. ![]() But when the diocese withdraws funding, the nuns are forced to scatter. Its restrictions and quiet complement her despair. Out of the cloister and into the world, a young nun with a tragic past is presented with a chance for a new beginning in Anna Quinn’s novel Angeline.Īfter taking vows to escape losses that she cannot talk about, Angeline fades into her cell at a Chicago convent. ![]()
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