The Benedictines

Set near the Maine coast, Rachel May s taut and probing new work of fiction, The Benedictines, conjures up the spirit of Sara Orne Jewett s atmospheric landscapes. With prose that will have you turning pages in anticipation, May follows Annie James, a passionate, young artist whose decision to take a job teaching for a Benedictine school brings her deep into her students lives and up against the limits of control...and, for Annie, the limits of passion. With generosity and insight, May traces the deep conflicts between the human heart and the rules that heart invents. Like the quiet beauty of Maine, The Benedictines is a book that will stay with you for a long, long time.