Beyond the Abbey Gates Author:Catherine MacCoun Everyone at Greyleigh abbey believes that Ingrid is a healing saint, although she herself is wracked with confusion and doubt. Jack, a traveling troubadour, breaks his leg near the convent's gates and becomes a patient at the abbey's infirmary. Ingrid is strangely drawn to Jack, whose unabashed joy in life's pleasures is a living con... more »tradiction to her harshly disciplined upbringing with the nuns.
After the lovers are separated, both undergo metamorphoses. Jack is surprised and humbled by his devotion to Ingrid, and finds his cynicism falling away in his anguished pursuit of her. Ingrid leaves both Jack and her life at the convent behind in a crisis of faith. Her ensuing misadventures render her both stronger and more courageous -- and joyful not to be a saint.
This book was first published in hardcover as The Age of Miracles.« less