'Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. This
story of a clash between a determined young girl and an
authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional,
convincing in every detail' - Hermione Lee, Observer With a new
introduction by Tessa Hadley Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic
convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds.
Quick-witted, resilient and eager to please, she accepts this
closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her
desires and passions become only those the school permits. Her only
deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she
makes. Convent life is perfectly captured - the smell of beeswax
and incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of
Nanda's school friends. Books in the VMC 40th anniversary series
include: Frost in May by Antonia White; The Collected Stories of
Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault; The Magic Toyshop by
Angela Carter; The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann; Deep
Water by Patricia Highsmith; The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca
West; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; Heartburn
by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy; Memento Mori by
Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor and Faces
in the Water by Janet Frame
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