{"product_id":"the-anchoress-9781250094674","title":"The Anchoress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The book that the whole literary world can't stop talking about.\" --\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e (Australia)\u003cbr\u003e\"A considerable achievement.\" --Sarah Dunant, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEngland, 1255: Sarah is only seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman shut away in a small cell, measuring seven by nine paces, at the side of the village church. Fleeing the grief of losing a much-loved sister as well as the pressure to marry, she decides to renounce the world--with all its dangers, desires, and temptations--and commit herself to a life of prayer. But when she starts hearing the voice of the previous anchoress whispering to her, seemingly from the stones themselves, it soon becomes clear that even the thick, unforgiving walls of Sarah's cell cannot protect her as well as she had thought. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn absorbing story of faith, desire, shame, fear, and the human need for connection, \u003ci\u003eThe Anchoress \u003c\/i\u003eby Robyn Cadwallader is a haunting and compelling novel: both quietly heartbreaking and thrillingly unpredictable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobyn Cadwallader\u003c\/b\u003e has published numerous prizewinning short stories and reviews, as well as a book of poetry and a nonfiction book based on her PhD thesis concerning attitudes toward virginity and women in the Middle Ages. She lives among vineyards outside Canberra, Australia, when not traveling to England for research and visiting ancient archaeological sites along the way. \u003ci\u003eThe Anchoress\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50333785162002,"sku":"9781250094674","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9b82dc24-f446-4fda-b54c-616f94412d64.jpg?v=1727877213","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-anchoress-9781250094674","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}