Frost in May

Antonia White First published 1933

About this book

Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient, and eager to please, she adapts to this cloistered world, learning rigid conformity and subjection to authority. Passionate friendships are the only deviation from her total obedience. Convent life is perfectly captured by Antonia White.

Subjects

  • catholic schools
  • catholic schools in literature
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • fiction in english
  • girls' schools
  • lesbian youth
  • sexuality
  • young women