I Leap Over the Wall - Contrasts and Impressions After Twenty-Eight Years in a Convent

by Monica Baldwin

Book Overview

I am not the first member of my family to leap over a wall. Nearly four hundred years ago, my ancestor, Thomas Baldwin of Diddlebury, leaped to freedom from behind the walls of the Tower of London, where he had been imprisoned for taking part in a plot for the escape of Mary Queen of Scots. His name, with an inscription and the date 'July 1585' can still be seen where he carved it on the wall of his cell in the Beauchamp Tower. Later, he added a motto...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1406711101
• ISBN13: 9781406711103
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Barlow Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Unforgettable and truly interesting

An amazing story of expectations and choices. Was she called to be a nun or was the life simply pressed upon her? Baldwin takes you behind the convent walls and into the hearts, lives, and true humanity of these nuns. They aren't perfect, and it takes a certain type of person to live the cloistered life. It is interesting to compare it with Memoirs of a Geisha. While Memoirs defends the virtues of a lifestyle, Called and Chosen lays open the faults of a lifestyle--both of which have been somewhat misunderstood. Yet, both authors weave their stories with such honesty and passion that you can't help but appreciate their renderings. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a candid look at convent life from the last century.