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When in Rome : a novel / Liam Callanan.
Desperate for a new start in life at age fifty-two, Claire takes a chance on a trip to Rome to assist the funny, fearless nuns at a struggling convent, and confronts her own missed connection with convent life in the past as well as an old flame who reappears in her life just as she's about to make a momentous decision.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593184073 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xv, 316 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Dutton, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | Convents > Italy > Rome > Fiction. Middle-aged women > Fiction. Nuns > Fiction. Rome (Italy) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. Novels. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Calla | 31681010315240 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Desperate for a new start in life at age fifty-two, Claire takes a chance on a trip to Rome to assist the funny, fearless nuns at a struggling convent, and confronts her own missed connection with convent life in the past as well as an old flame who reappears in her life just as she's about to make a momentous decision. - Baker & Taylor
From a nationally best-selling, award-winning author comes the story of an opportunity to start over at midlife, a chance to save a struggling convent in the Eternal City, and the dramatic re-emergence of an old flame - Penguin Putnam
From nationally bestselling, award-winning author Liam Callanan, the story of an opportunity to start over at midlife, a chance to save a struggling convent in the Eternal City, and the dramatic re-emergence of an old flame . . .
Claire, fifty-two, desperately desires a fresh start. After decades as a real estate broker specializing in old religious properties, sheâs looking for something new. And then, on the eve of her thirtieth college reunion, a call comes from Rome.
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Itâs from a struggling convent facing a precipitous end, and Claire isnât so sure she can help out. But once in Rome, she finds a group of funny, fearless nuns in a gorgeous, if crumbling, villa, a city whose colors deepen as she spends miles running its streets, and above all, a chance to reflect. It leads her unexpectedly to wonder: maybe she should stay in Rome. In the convent. Forever.
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Her college roommate and business partner has thoughts. So does Claireâs daughter. And so does Marcus, a once-buzzy actor, whoâs still as devastatingly handsome as he was when he first fell for Claire at eighteen. Heâs come and gone from Claireâs life since college but reappears in Rome just as sheâs about to decide whatâs next.
A look at faith, in oneself as much as a higher power, and love, romantic and familial, lost and found, this is the thoroughly charming story of one woman who sets out to rewrite her past and future, only to be surprised by the plot twists life takes . . . when in Rome.
