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3. I didn't find the portrayal to be very true

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 01:35 PM

Oct 2013

in comparison to the lives of the nuns I knew. Of course it was about a European missionary order in a different era so maybe it was true for its time and place. Also the author of the book seemed to have been something of a misfit for the life which requires obedience and sacrifice of personal wants. She seemed to have been at odds with what was expected of her.

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Hollywood’s depiction of nuns a case of ‘Veiled Desires’ [View all] hrmjustin Oct 2013 OP

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