![]() Elizabeth’s, a home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky, usually harbors its residents for only a little while. ![]() ![]() Ann Patchett has produced a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion.”- Boston Herald "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Enchantingly graceful, Ann Patchett's first novel is about sanctuary and pilgrimage, pain and healing and the helping hand of chance. Elizabeth or later by the birth of her daughter Cecilia. Nor can she remain untouched by those she has left behind by the ever-watchful Sister Evangeline by the love of Son, the handyman at St. Elizabeth's is home to a healing spring, and when Rose's time draws near, she realises that she cannot go through with her plans. Rose plans to give her baby up because she knows she cannot be the mother it needs. As penance, she has also abandoned her widowed and much loved mother, with no mention of her condition. ![]() Rose has fled her dull but loving husband without telling him she is pregnant and has decided to be `a liar for the rest of my life'. Rose Clinton arrives at St Elizabeth's, a Roman Catholic home for unwed mothers in Habit, Kentucky. ![]() Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for her novel `Bel Canto', Ann Patchett's stunning first novel is about `pilgrimage and healing.A fairytale. ![]()
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