Obedience A Novel
Obedience A Novel by Jacqueline Yallop is a reprint edition published by Penguin Group on January 31, 2012. This 288-page book is written in English and delves into the life of Sister Bernard, set against the backdrop of contemporary and World War II France. The narrative explores her forbidden love, uncertain faith, and the guilt stemming from her past as she confronts the consequences of her choices.
Readers will find a complex portrayal of Sister Bernard as she navigates her tumultuous emotions and relationships. The story unfolds as she recalls her life during the war, particularly her secret affair with a young Nazi soldier, which challenges her beliefs and sense of self. Obedience presents a nuanced examination of themes such as love, betrayal, and the struggle for redemption, inviting readers to reflect on the intersections of faith and desire within a historical context.
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Set in contemporary and World War II France, this is the story of Sister Bernard: her forbidden love, her uncertain faith, and her guilt- ridden past.
A once -bustling convent in the South of France is closing, leaving behind three elderly nuns. Forced, for the first time, to confront the community that she betrayed decades ago, Sister Bernard relives her life during the war.
At thirty, Sister Bernard can hear the voice of God-strident, furious, and personal. When a young Nazi soldier, a member of the German occupying forces, asks her to meet him in the church in secret one evening, she agrees. And so begins the horrifying and passionate love affair that will deafen the heavens and define her life, tempting her into duplicity. Obedience is a powerful exploration of one woman’s struggle to reconcile her aching need to be loved with her fear of God’s wrath.
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