In This House of Brede

This well-preserved, highly collectible Book-of-the Month Club hardcover edition is in pristine condition. Dust cover is near fine, brown cloth boards, and red lettering on the spine of the book. In This House of Brede, published in 1969 by Rumer Godden, is a compelling novel set in a Benedictine monastery for nuns, called Brede Abbey, located in England. The story follows Philippa Talbot, a successful businesswoman in her forties who leaves her career and prestigious life behind to join the abbey and pursue a calling she has felt for some time. As Philippa becomes part of this cloistered community, she confronts her own past and gradually transforms within the disciplined and spiritual life of the monastery. Godden, who spent time living near an abbey and drew inspiration from her observations of monastic life, writes with a keen understanding of the religious, emotional, and psychological dynamics within the abbey. n This House of Brede is regarded as one of Godden’s most insightful novels and a classic of mid-20th-century fiction.