Body and Soul

By Marcelle Bernstein

Book Overview

Anna Summers exists in a secluded, changeless world - an enclosed nun. At thirty-one, she is conscious of time beating at her back. Despite her faith, does she crave to love a man, bear a child,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312063083
• ISBN13: 9780312063085
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

One of my all-time-favorite books

I loved this book! I've read it more than once and have loaned my copy to friends who have also loved it. In fact it is currently on it's way to Seattle. I loved all of the characters, even the most annoying Mother Superior and business manager, because they were so real. I would love to be able to buy copies for friends, but they are hard to come by these days. I'll just have to keep loaning my copy out. It is well worth the risk of losing it just to be able to share a wonderful story with friends.

I beg to differ with Kirkus!

I read this book for the first time several years ago, and have read it several times since. I have lent it to friends who also loved it.I read when I was close to the age Anna is in the story and was going through some of what Anna does. Not that I was ever a nun, but I made a drastic career change in my early 30s, which is EXACTLY what Anna is doing. She still loves the Church, but she also learns to love the outside world. She expends a lot of time and emotional energy in making her decision. Kirkus belittles her love of God and her devotion to duty, both of which she ultimately keeps, even though she sheds the habit.This is an outstanding book, but read it before watching the PBS version. They butchered it.