Best Wishes Sister B, Fran Smith
Best Wishes Sister B, Fran Smith
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Best Wishes Sister B
Kindly nuns take on the 21st Century

Author: Fran Smith

Narrator: Rachel Bavidge

Unabridged: 5 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/04/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women, Friendship


Synopsis

Prayer and ingenuity have kept the remote English convent of St Winifreda in the Fen going for centuries, but now the roof leaks, the bell tower is crumbling and rats have moved in. The Bishop’s accountant wants to send the retired sisters to a home, disperse the working nuns, pull down the buildings and sell the land off as a car park. But he has reckoned without the unstoppable force that is Reverend Mother Elizabeth. With her team of ex-offenders, migrant workers and passing strangers, she plans not just to save, but also to renew, restore and revivify the sisterhood. The gentle, witty letters of Sister Boniface, who, as newly-appointed convent shopkeeper, has a big role to play in this challenge, chart a year of the sisters’ struggle as they get to grips with the harsh realities of the 21st century armed mainly with kindness and home baked biscuits.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kelsie on June 06, 2017

This was a very charming read. It's been on my 'to read' list since I started my Goodreads account, and I finally got round to reading it. It's basically a 'day in the life of' type book. Sister Boniface is a nun who is writing letters to Sister Emelda who is currently in South America. You only hear......more

Goodreads review by Pamela on July 25, 2014

Sister B (Boniface) receives a letter from Sister Emelda, whose mission is in Peru, asking for membership in Sisters Worldwide Writing Circle which was started so that nuns could write and encourage other nuns. This begins their pen-pal relationship—each letter Sister B writes tells the doings at St......more

Goodreads review by Barb on September 23, 2014

When you hear about a novel written as a series of letters, do you immediately dismiss it as dry and boring? Then let me introduce you to Sister B, a nun in East Anglia, England, who corresponds with a missionary sister in South America. You never hear the missionary's end of the story, but Sister B......more

Goodreads review by Bharathi on January 01, 2022

Charming, quaint setting and the simple but witty narration of Sister Boniface entertains, depicts the constant struggles of the changing modern world and the places of a monastery in it and illuminates how faith and positivity can help overcome. It was an unexpected read but I got hooked and read i......more

Goodreads review by Liz on May 14, 2014

I had heard the author on my local radio station and immediately bought the book. The reason she wrote this in the first place made me want to read it. One of the most charming, humorous and uplifting books I have read in a long time. It made me smile and sometimes giggle out loud, and I will give t......more