Author: PURVES, LIBBY
Title: Holy Smoke: Religion and Roots: A Personal Memoir
Description: London, Hodder & Stoughton. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340721510) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, In this memoir Libby Purves recalls her strange Catholic childhood in convents around the world with stories of white-robed nuns amid the gilded temples of Bangkok, rations of beer for nine-year-olds after High Mass in France and unease in South Africa at the height of apartheid. Former owner's inscription to free front endpaper. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: 0340721510 Religion Agnosticism Catholic Convent Biography


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