I Leap Over the Wall cover art

I Leap Over the Wall

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection.
Listen to your selected audiobooks as long as you're a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for £5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

I Leap Over the Wall

By: Monica Baldwin
Narrated by: Anne Dover
Try Standard free

£5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for £15.74

Buy Now for £15.74

About this listen

At the age of 21, Monica Baldwin - the niece of Stanley Baldwin - entered one of the most strictly enclosed contemplative orders of the Roman Catholic Church. At the age of 48, and after struggling with her vocation for many years, she left the convent.

But the world Monica had known and forsaken in 1914 was very different from the world into which she emerged at the height of the Second World War.

This is the fascinating account of one woman’s two very different lives, with revealing descriptions of the world of a novice. Interwoven with these are the trials and tribulations of coping with a new and alien world, as the author is confronted with fashions, interventions, politics and art totally unfamiliar to her.

©1949 Monica Baldwin (P)2015 Soundings Christianity Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts
All stars
Most relevant
I have thoroughly enjoyed this unusual book. A CD fascinating insight into life in an enclosed order and the struggles to adapt to life outside

Fascinating

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.