Book Discussion: STONE YARD DEVOTIONAL by Charlotte Wood

Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood is our final fiction read on the list! Please join us for this one!

NOTE LOCATION: Let's try meeting at Cafe Latte in St. Paul. I hope this will provide a comfortable space that will give us plenty of room to chat and the option to enjoy food and beverage as we choose.

Here's a summary of the book:
"In the remote plains of New South Wales, Australia, a woman arrives at a convent in desperate need of solitude and retreat. It’s a curious choice: She left behind a full life in Sydney, and is an atheist who abhors the “savagery” of the Catholic Church. Yet she is lulled into contentment, falling into a comforting rhythm of work and contemplation.
Three arrivals upset this harmony: A mouse infestation of biblical proportions horrifies the nuns, who resolutely set about stamping out the vermin. The bones of a sister who died abroad are returned to the convent, and are accompanied by a woman from the narrator’s past. True to its title, this exquisite novel traces the interior path of a woman grappling with how to live without causing harm. In the process, Wood shows that our attention is one of the most sacred gifts we have to offer."

Hope to see you then!