Edition: 25th Edition By Publisher
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cardinal/Pocket Books., New York, NY, USA.
Date published: 1968
Description: PHOTO Cover From Film/Movie. Good to Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 314 pages. "The great best seller with a dramatic message for people of every faith wich has now been made into a Fred Zinnemann Production, starring Audrey Hepburn and presented by Warner Bros. in Warner Color. "Sister Luke worked with this cynical surgeon in the dangerous Belgian Congo. But now she was afraid-afraid that what he was saying might be true. This young and beautiful girl gave up the man ... read more
Edition: 22nd Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cardinal/Pocket Books., New York, NY, USA.
Date published: 1966
Description: PHOTO Cover From Film/Movie. Good to Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 314 pages. "The great best seller with a dramatic message for people of every faith wich has now been made into a Fred Zinnemann Production, starring Audrey Hepburn and presented by Warner Bros. in Warner Color. "Sister Luke worked with this cynical surgeon in the dangerous Belgian Congo. But now she was afraid-afraid that what he was saying might be true. This young and beautiful girl gave up the man ... read more
Edition: 26th Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cardinal/Pocket Books., New York, NY, USA.
Date published: 1969
Description: PHOTO Cover From Film/Movie. Very Good + Mass Market Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 314 pages. "The great best seller with a dramatic message for people of every faith wich has now been made into a Fred Zinnemann Production, starring Audrey Hepburn and presented by Warner Bros. in Warner Color. "Sister Luke worked with this cynical surgeon in the dangerous Belgian Congo. But now she was afraid-afraid that what he was saying might be true. This young and beautiful girl gave up the man she ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston
Date published: 1956
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Black boards with gold lettering. Boards have shelf rubbing, light scratches and soil spots. One corner rubbed through cloth. Binding tight. Name on board liner. No other markings inside. 339 p. 22 cm. read more
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books Ltd
Date published: 1959
Description: Good + THE NUN'S STORY by Kathryn Hulme. Pan Books Ltd, 1959. Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dust Jacket: No jacket. NOTES: Pan # G291, Audrey Hepburn, Warner Bros. movie tie-in. Showing light exterior wear/creasing, contents are overall clean and tight with no owner markings. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, Boston
Date published: 1956
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Several cracked hinges but all pages appear to be attached. Some foxing, and corners are slightly bumped. read more
Description: Joan Hall Cover art! Very Good to Fine. Mass Market Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 314 pages. "The great best seller with a dramatic message for people of every faith wich has now been made into a Fred Zinnemann Production, starring Audrey Hepburn and presented by Warner Bros. in Warner Color. "Sister Luke worked with this cynical surgeon in the dangerous Belgian Congo. But now she was afraid-afraid that what he was saying might be true. This young and beautiful girl gave up the man she ... read more
"It took a while to get into, but once she left the convent it went too fast. It made me dislike the Catholic Church and I realized how I could never be a nun. I would like to watch the movie staring Audrey Hepburn."
"Recommended to me by my mother, this is a very interesting tale of a young nun and the challenges she faces living her life according to her beliefs and vows.
Read for the Seasonal Reading Challenge Fall 09 task 20.1 (Faith)"
"P.S. I just learned that Audrey Hepburn starred in the 1959 movie version of this book. Warning, the movie trailer spoils the ending... I've got to check it out!
One of the best friends I met on my mission was a Spanish nun/nurse, Sister Maria, who worked in a southern Madagascar leper colony for 20 years and, when I met her, was working at a hospital in Antananarivo. After my mission, Matt and I visited her in Majorca, where she was staying with her family for a short vacation. A couple of years later, she helped me get a summer job with Catholic Relief Services where I spent three months living in a convent and working in the southern Madagascar "bush." The last time I saw her was in March 2007 on a short trip to France; she had been transferred to the Mother House there, sort of set out to pasture. We've communicated via e-mail since then. She is innocent, humble, and kind. Timid sometimes, I think because of her vows and the strict rules under which she lives.
This book showed me, in depth, what she went through to become a nun. What she gave up, and what she gained. It's an intriguing story that made me think a little harder about what I live for. It kept me up at night and gave me a new appreciation for Sister Maria.
"A favourite book since I was a teenager, The Nun's Story tells of Sister Luke, her training to become a nun in Belgium, and her life in the order. Serving as a hospital nurse in the Belgian Congo, living through years of hardship in Nazi Germany, Sister Luke is ever tempted by the life of the non-cloistered but married to her faith. It's a really lovely tale."
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