"England, 1255. Sarah is only seventeen when she chooses to become an anchoress, a holy woman much like Saint Hildegard of Bingen, shut away in a small cell, measuring seven by nine paces, at the side of the village church. Fleeing the grief of losing a much-loved sister in childbirth and the pressure to marry, she decides to renounce the world, with all its dangers, desires, and temptations, and to commit herself to a life of prayer. But it soon becomes clear that even the thick, unforgiving walls of her cell cannot keep the outside world away, and Sarah's body and soul are still in great danger"--
- ISBN10 0374104255
- ISBN13 9780374104252
- Publish Date 12 May 2015 (first published 3 February 2015)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 July 2021
- Imprint Sarah Crichton Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English