This memoir was about a woman working to decide whether to commit the rest of her life to monastic living, and I gotta tell you it was quite funny. However, it's not Sister Act. She wrestles with very heavy spiritual issues personal to her but also relevant to all.

I needed this book.

This is the story of Jane, who thinks she might be being called to the life of a nun, but gets engaged right before she embarks on that journey. The whole book is her battle with the desire for simplicity and religion versus her "normal" life and what path she should take. It deals with so many issues across the spectrum of life, love, the church (Catholic vs. Anglican experiences), abuse, societal expectation, personal journey of faith...so deeply relatable and fascinating. Honest with the positives and the negatives of her path to whether or not she takes vows...I LOVED this book. I loved the genuine, no holds barred take on the mysteries of life and faith.

If it were possible to give this book 3.5 starts, that's what I would give it. I found it to be a great read, but it'd definitely not for everybody.

I already had a jist of the type of humour just by the title, from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" and considering it was a book about nuns, it was funnier than I thought it would be.

Far from a high-handed religious manifesto, this book is about one woman's search for spirituality, and what she learns from those who have taken Christianity to the next level: nuns. The author has both a critical eye, and a passion for finding her spiritual self which makes this book easy to read for a non-religious person.

I must say that I learned a LOT about Christianity (Anglican and Roman Catholic in particular) and about modern-day nuns and monks. What would make a person choose such a life? What is it really like in a convent? What type of people become nuns? It's all there.

This book is like a window into a different world that I knew existed, but had no idea about. And the best part is you don't have to actually try it out, because the author's already done it for you.

This is a book for people with an open mind toward spirituality and a sense of humour. (It doesn't hurt to have some knowledge of Christianity, to help with the religious vocabulary.)

Do NOT read this book if you're violently opposed to Christianity in general, or cannot sympathize with someone who has a good attitude towards it.

At fifty-seven, with two ex-husbands, grown children and a longtime British boyfriend, Christmas decides to grapple with a long-buried personal trauma and a persistent feeling that she was called to a religious life. The resulting experiential journalism is an inside view of Catholic and Anglican convents in Canada and England, especially highlighting the differences between the Anglican view of women religious in Canada and Britain.

What a unique topic to write about…. Well done