Frost in May Audiobook

Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional convincing in every detail Hermione Lee Observer

Nanda Gray the daughter of a Catholic convert is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds Quickwitted resilient and eager to please she accepts this closed world where with all the enthusiasm of the outsider her desires and passions become only those the school permits Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes

Convent life is perfectly capturedthe smell of beeswax and incense the petty cruelties of the nuns the eccentricities of Nandas school friends