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Sisters of Mokama: The Pioneering Women Who Brought Hope and Healing to India
Sisters of Mokama is proof that faith and courage does move mountains. -- Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone
The never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same
New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam's mother was part of an extraordinary group of Indian women. Born in 1946, a time when few women dared to leave their house without the protection of a man, she left home by herself at just fifteen years old and traveled to Bihar--an impoverished and isolated state in northern India that had been one of the bloodiest regions of Partition--in order to train to be a nurse under the tutelage of the determined and resourceful Appalachian nuns who ran Nazareth Hospital. Like Thottam's mother's journey, the hospital was a radical undertaking: it was run almost entirely by women, who insisted on giving the highest possible standard of care to everyone who walked through its doors, regardless of caste or religion.
Fascinated by her mother's story, Thottam set out to discover the full story of Nazareth Hospital, which had been established in 1947 by six nuns from Kentucky. With no knowledge of Hindi, and the awareness that they would likely never see their families again, the sisters had traveled to the small town of Mokama determined to live up to the pioneer spirit of their order, founded in the rough hills of the Kentucky frontier. A year later, they opened the doors of the hospital; soon they began taking in young Indian women as nursing students, offering them an opportunity that would change their lives. One of those women, of course, was Thottam's mother.
In Sisters of Mokama, Thottam draws upon twenty years' worth of research to tell this inspiring story for the first time. She brings to life the hopes, struggles, and accomplishments of these ordinary women--both American and Indian--who succeeded against the odds during the tumult and trauma of the years after World War II and Partition. Pain and loss were everywhere for the women of that time, but the collapse of the old orders provided the women of Nazareth Hospital with an opening--a chance to create for themselves lives that would never have been possible otherwise.
The never-before-told story of six intrepid Kentucky nuns, their journey to build a hospital in the poorest state in India, and the Indian nurses whose lives would never be the same
New York Times editor Jyoti Thottam's mother was part of an extraordinary group of Indian women. Born in 1946, a time when few women dared to leave their house without the protection of a man, she left home by herself at just fifteen years old and traveled to Bihar--an impoverished and isolated state in northern India that had been one of the bloodiest regions of Partition--in order to train to be a nurse under the tutelage of the determined and resourceful Appalachian nuns who ran Nazareth Hospital. Like Thottam's mother's journey, the hospital was a radical undertaking: it was run almost entirely by women, who insisted on giving the highest possible standard of care to everyone who walked through its doors, regardless of caste or religion.
Fascinated by her mother's story, Thottam set out to discover the full story of Nazareth Hospital, which had been established in 1947 by six nuns from Kentucky. With no knowledge of Hindi, and the awareness that they would likely never see their families again, the sisters had traveled to the small town of Mokama determined to live up to the pioneer spirit of their order, founded in the rough hills of the Kentucky frontier. A year later, they opened the doors of the hospital; soon they began taking in young Indian women as nursing students, offering them an opportunity that would change their lives. One of those women, of course, was Thottam's mother.
In Sisters of Mokama, Thottam draws upon twenty years' worth of research to tell this inspiring story for the first time. She brings to life the hopes, struggles, and accomplishments of these ordinary women--both American and Indian--who succeeded against the odds during the tumult and trauma of the years after World War II and Partition. Pain and loss were everywhere for the women of that time, but the collapse of the old orders provided the women of Nazareth Hospital with an opening--a chance to create for themselves lives that would never have been possible otherwise.
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First published April 12, 2022
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May 16, 2022
Because I was taught by the same order of nuns at Most Blessed Sacrament School in Louisville, Kentucky, this book was of particular interest and fascination with me. Ms. Thottam is a master writer detailing accurate history of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Mokama. I already knew that the SCN had first decided to establish themselves in India in 1947. What I did not know, however, were the struggles to reach their destination and the deprivations once they did reach Mokama. Ms. Thottam outlines these struggles in her book. Because I was taught by the SCN, I was fully aware of the immense dedication of these women. My mother also worked for the SCN as a nurses aid at STS Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville from 1953 until her retirement in 1993. She often spoke of the sisters with fondness; one nun in particular was her night supervisor, Sister Kathleen Connally. Sister Kathleen had immigrated from County Cork, Ireland when she was just a young girl. In those days the sisters did not communicate with lay people about their prior life before entering the convent. So little is known about Sister Kathleen. It is known, however, that she was missioned at STS Mary & Elizabeth Hospital for over 45 years. Even after she retired, date unknown, she still lived in the hospital convent. Sister died at Nazareth in Louisville in 1980. But her story is not so different from the Sisters of Mokama. They, too, left their homeland for parts unknown.
April 25, 2022
Jyoti Thottam presents an inspiring story of 6 wonderful women -- nuns -- who traveled to India where they founded a hospital and provided care for the very poor. Sisters of Mokama: The Pioneering Women Who Brought Hope and Healing to India was an interesting and hopeful book, that left me looking at the world with a bit rosier view. There is a religious tone, but it never felt preachy. I found all of these women to be brave, trailblazing, grateful people, and the book allows the reader to remember the things for which we can all be grateful.
May 11, 2025
There are many more words than merely “pioneering” to describe what six nuns from Kentucky accomplished in a small town called Mokama (originally Mokameh) in the state of Bihar in northern India. Courageous comes to mind, as does adventurous, dauntless, hardy, determined, resolute, brave, and plucky—all of which adds up to the kind of intrepidity that Indiana Jones would be proud to boast.
When Jesuit priests visited the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Mother Ann Sebastian knew they had come looking for help, and though she was ready to refuse as she had done with numerous other requests, this one was a little different in that it was related to establishing a foreign mission. In fact, she did initially refuse, but changed her mind when she heard several sisters talking excitedly about working in another country.
This was a momentous time in history: it was 1946, just after the end of World War II, and the sisters who had volunteered wouldn’t reach India until the following year, 1947, the year the British hastily decamped from that country, and India charged excitedly into Independence, and bloodily with great upheaval into Partition. And when six nuns finally arrived in India, their commitment was such that they knew it was unlikely they would ever see America again.
They started with a shell of a warehouse called a godown in the vernacular, with no running water or electricity, but their indefatigable energy and relentless, can-do attitude made steady progress not only in terms of physical building expansion, but also with services they provided to the village population of Mokama. The sisters barely had enough supplies to provide basic healthcare, but within a handful of years their establishment morphed into a respectable hospital that could perform major surgeries, and transformed yet again into a teaching school for prospective nurses.
It would be easy to minimize the nuns’ accomplishments with a nonchalant “Well, that’s what they do.” But the extraordinary results they achieved carry through into the current century, and the nuns succeeded without compromising their vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, on top of a rigorous regimen of prayer throughout the day. The nursing school also provided many young Indian women with an option other than arranged marriages at a very young age. And despite their white habits which made nuns anonymously look-alike, their individual personalities with preferences and pet peeves humanized them considerably.
Writing Sisters of Mokama was a very personal, poignant journey for Jyoti Thottam, since her mother completed nurse’s training under the nuns as a very young teen before joining her doctor husband in the United States. This is truly a heartwarming and larger-than-life story, and Ms. Thottam’s polished prose and solid research from authentic sources make this book a joy to read.
When Jesuit priests visited the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Mother Ann Sebastian knew they had come looking for help, and though she was ready to refuse as she had done with numerous other requests, this one was a little different in that it was related to establishing a foreign mission. In fact, she did initially refuse, but changed her mind when she heard several sisters talking excitedly about working in another country.
This was a momentous time in history: it was 1946, just after the end of World War II, and the sisters who had volunteered wouldn’t reach India until the following year, 1947, the year the British hastily decamped from that country, and India charged excitedly into Independence, and bloodily with great upheaval into Partition. And when six nuns finally arrived in India, their commitment was such that they knew it was unlikely they would ever see America again.
They started with a shell of a warehouse called a godown in the vernacular, with no running water or electricity, but their indefatigable energy and relentless, can-do attitude made steady progress not only in terms of physical building expansion, but also with services they provided to the village population of Mokama. The sisters barely had enough supplies to provide basic healthcare, but within a handful of years their establishment morphed into a respectable hospital that could perform major surgeries, and transformed yet again into a teaching school for prospective nurses.
It would be easy to minimize the nuns’ accomplishments with a nonchalant “Well, that’s what they do.” But the extraordinary results they achieved carry through into the current century, and the nuns succeeded without compromising their vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, on top of a rigorous regimen of prayer throughout the day. The nursing school also provided many young Indian women with an option other than arranged marriages at a very young age. And despite their white habits which made nuns anonymously look-alike, their individual personalities with preferences and pet peeves humanized them considerably.
Writing Sisters of Mokama was a very personal, poignant journey for Jyoti Thottam, since her mother completed nurse’s training under the nuns as a very young teen before joining her doctor husband in the United States. This is truly a heartwarming and larger-than-life story, and Ms. Thottam’s polished prose and solid research from authentic sources make this book a joy to read.
July 22, 2022
In the 1940s a group of Kentucky nuns arrive in India, determined to set up a hospital in the empty shell of a building in Mokama, Bihar. They are trained nurses, a pharmacist, but they need a doctor to help with the patients who begin arriving by the hundreds and India does not have enough doctors or nurses. This is a detailed account of how these hard working women ran a hospital, trained young women to be nurses, learned Hindi, and faced the challenges with patients unfamiliar with modern medical practices.
June 15, 2022
There is so much I connected with in this book- the women of Kerala who wanted a financially independent life and found it in nursing, the surgeon using the Ponseti method to correct clubfoot (developed at Iowa), the women’s order of sisters who did not want the jesuits to boss them around. The fact that nurses are often called sisters in India. The burnout of the surgeon. All of this during the beginning of nationhood for India.
It was well written and a fun read for me.
It was well written and a fun read for me.
July 24, 2023
Compelling and fascinating - I learned a great deal about Partition and how that affected the development of Nazareth Hospital. Thottam draws on the archives of the order and the letters and records kept by the sisters, and ties the sisters' experiences to key moments in India's history. She also provides contextual information for how mission work changed the church (and how more changes occurred in the wake of Vatican II).
Audiobook - highly recommended.
Audiobook - highly recommended.
January 1, 2023
Holt-Delhi Nonfiction Book Discussion group title January 2023
August 28, 2025
I loved the history and perseverance of the sisters in their work. I found it difficult at times keeping all the individuals' stories straight.
January 5, 2025
Absolutely loved reading the background behind the stories we heard from a very special lady that was our aunt growing up, Dr. Mary Wiss. Thank you so much for sharing the experiences and contributions of such courageous and amazing women.
April 18, 2022
An excellent history of 6 brave and devout nuns who volunteered to go to India to found a hospital and provide medical care for a poor community. Listening to what they had to endure just to get to the village of Moka was quite affecting. There is a religious tone to this book as it was their mission, but this story is also about the oppportunities for these women to contribute in a meaningful way at a time when women’s roles were more limited.
Reading this book certainly made me realize the abundance I am fortunate have in my own life.
As usual, I listened to this as an audiobook
and narrator Laura Jennings employed a steady pace and compassionate, engaged tone to narrate this interesting story.
Reading this book certainly made me realize the abundance I am fortunate have in my own life.
As usual, I listened to this as an audiobook
and narrator Laura Jennings employed a steady pace and compassionate, engaged tone to narrate this interesting story.
May 20, 2022
Due to our family heritage as Anglos in India, this book struck of chord of interest I didn't expect. The research is diligent and well-presented, though perhaps not the most riveting or endearing in the non-fiction genre. I loved learning about these beautiful and devoted sisters who gave their lives to the service of a people in a land so foreign from their own, from which they'd likely never return. The nursing and medical challenges they faced were remarkable and certainly a story worth telling. The nuns I worked with in Ecuador endeared me to these stalwart Catholic sisters. I admire them, I respect them, and am inspired by them.
September 16, 2023
Excellent! Must read! An inspiring story of women looking for something bigger than themselves and creating a place where all are welcome. Written by the daughter of one of the first Indian women to attend the nursing school this story provides a unique perspective on how the church tackled the decolonialization era and how women led the way.
June 9, 2022
Too detailed. Needs editing.
April 2, 2025
4.25
How did "The Sisters of Mokama" end up on my TBR? 🤔 I have no memory of where I heard about it, but I actually had to ask my local library to purchase the book so that I could read it, so I was obviously pretty inspired by whatever I saw. And then I put off reading the book for months, as one does 🙈. But I finally read "The Sisters of Mokama" in the last days of Women's History Month, and it ended up being a solid nonfiction read. I am interested in Partition, and "The Sisters of Mokama" looks at that time period from a unique perspective and in a region of India, the state of Bihar, with which I was not familiar.
"The Sisters of Mokama" explores the early history of the Nazareth Hospital, a mission of the Kentucky-based Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, in the rural and impoverished Indian city of Mokama. The hospital was established in 1947, just a few months after Partition, and the first few chapters give a solid overview of that volatile time period. I appreciated how the book looked at both the experiences of the six nuns who traveled to India to start the mission as well as the experiences of the young Indian women who became involved in Nazareth Hospital as nurses and novices. The author Jyoti Thottam's mother was one of the teenagers who seized that opportunity to learn and grow, despite the restrictions of their culture and the time period. I found the revelation of which of the featured young nurses was Thottam's mother very poignant; she doesn't share it until the epilogue.
I have become fairly disenchanted with organized religion recently, but I have to confess that I was impressed with the work of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, as recorded in this book. The six nuns who moved to Mokama did not seem particularly interested in proselytizing or in forcing their religion and culture on the local people. Instead, they seemed genuinely service-minded; they worked so hard to start the hospital, where they welcomed and treated all people equally, including those of lower caste, which angered the local wealthy landowners. In particular, I was fascinated by the extremely successful leprosy clinic that they started. I actually just looked at the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth website, which states, " As we move into our third century, the Sisters remain committed to our mission of justice, serving the poor, empowering women, and caring for the earth." Now that is a religion I might actually be able to stand behind. Maybe I should become a nun? 🤔
While "The Sisters of Mokama" is not a page-turner, the writing is smooth and very readable, and it was clearly meticulously researched, using many primary sources and interviews. There were a few chapters that really captivated me, and I eagerly read to see how these intrepid women, American and Indian alike, would rise to various challenges. I am glad I read it, and I am glad I forced Richland Library to own a copy. 😅
How did "The Sisters of Mokama" end up on my TBR? 🤔 I have no memory of where I heard about it, but I actually had to ask my local library to purchase the book so that I could read it, so I was obviously pretty inspired by whatever I saw. And then I put off reading the book for months, as one does 🙈. But I finally read "The Sisters of Mokama" in the last days of Women's History Month, and it ended up being a solid nonfiction read. I am interested in Partition, and "The Sisters of Mokama" looks at that time period from a unique perspective and in a region of India, the state of Bihar, with which I was not familiar.
"The Sisters of Mokama" explores the early history of the Nazareth Hospital, a mission of the Kentucky-based Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, in the rural and impoverished Indian city of Mokama. The hospital was established in 1947, just a few months after Partition, and the first few chapters give a solid overview of that volatile time period. I appreciated how the book looked at both the experiences of the six nuns who traveled to India to start the mission as well as the experiences of the young Indian women who became involved in Nazareth Hospital as nurses and novices. The author Jyoti Thottam's mother was one of the teenagers who seized that opportunity to learn and grow, despite the restrictions of their culture and the time period. I found the revelation of which of the featured young nurses was Thottam's mother very poignant; she doesn't share it until the epilogue.
I have become fairly disenchanted with organized religion recently, but I have to confess that I was impressed with the work of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, as recorded in this book. The six nuns who moved to Mokama did not seem particularly interested in proselytizing or in forcing their religion and culture on the local people. Instead, they seemed genuinely service-minded; they worked so hard to start the hospital, where they welcomed and treated all people equally, including those of lower caste, which angered the local wealthy landowners. In particular, I was fascinated by the extremely successful leprosy clinic that they started. I actually just looked at the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth website, which states, " As we move into our third century, the Sisters remain committed to our mission of justice, serving the poor, empowering women, and caring for the earth." Now that is a religion I might actually be able to stand behind. Maybe I should become a nun? 🤔
While "The Sisters of Mokama" is not a page-turner, the writing is smooth and very readable, and it was clearly meticulously researched, using many primary sources and interviews. There were a few chapters that really captivated me, and I eagerly read to see how these intrepid women, American and Indian alike, would rise to various challenges. I am glad I read it, and I am glad I forced Richland Library to own a copy. 😅
December 8, 2023
Six Catholic sisters from Kentucky travel halfway around the world to northern India in the late 1940's, during the time of Indian nationalism and the partition of the country into Pakistan and India. A chaotic time after World War II with unlikely American characters working to fulfill their vocations to assist the poor, particularly through medical care and later through education, is the setting for this captivating story. The sisters are at first living religious life in a pre-Vatican II traditional world (habits, daily prayers of the Divine Office, strict rules, etc.) and over the years transform their religious lives into a post-Vatican II world (more modern garb, more freedom of movement, looser rules). Additionally, these women enter a society where local customs had a rigid structure regarding the role of women--a much more difficult structure than that experience in the United States.
One cannot but admire the bravery and commitment of these sisters and of those who assisted them in overcoming seemingly impossible odds with a combination of determination and faith.
This was a well-written and interesting story of service, bravery, human achievement over great odds, immigration, trial and error and the decisions that affected many lives.
Strongly recommend.
One cannot but admire the bravery and commitment of these sisters and of those who assisted them in overcoming seemingly impossible odds with a combination of determination and faith.
This was a well-written and interesting story of service, bravery, human achievement over great odds, immigration, trial and error and the decisions that affected many lives.
Strongly recommend.
May 2, 2022
It starts off slow and there is a whole lot of background and historical information in those first few chapters. At the beginning - I had some confusion keeping all the information straight about who is who and why that information is relevant to me as the reader. I almost didn’t want to continue on, but the description just sounded like something I would love to know more about so I trudged through and I am glad that I did.
But once the book settles - there is a good rhythm to it. The story is fascinating especially if you have any interest in the delivery of Healthcare. As a former nurse, I found the story to be incredibly inspiring as to all the difficulties they overcame to get an actual hospital up and running. I learned some things about both the religious life as well as India that I had never known before.
Be sure to read the epilogue to learn what happens to each
Of these people after the story concludes.
But once the book settles - there is a good rhythm to it. The story is fascinating especially if you have any interest in the delivery of Healthcare. As a former nurse, I found the story to be incredibly inspiring as to all the difficulties they overcame to get an actual hospital up and running. I learned some things about both the religious life as well as India that I had never known before.
Be sure to read the epilogue to learn what happens to each
Of these people after the story concludes.
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August 28, 2022I am from Mokama. Remembering my childhood I used to go Nazareth many times. I also used to pray in from of Christ status which is just infront of hospital reception. That time I knew that all nurses are from Kerala and of Christian community. There was a good image for these people and this community. When I grew up, now I realise that the Nazareth was just a face of those people. Behind that they had a mission of conversation of locals.
10 years before there was not a single person who was Christian in Mokama town out of that Hospital cum church boundary. And today there are thousands of locals who are converted to Christian for their greed. Some are working as gardener, swiper, watchman etc in that church. Now their face is clear. They have shut the Hospital. And three more churches have been constructed for the prayers of these converting population.
In today's view Sisters of Mokama was a misfortune for this town and it's culture.
10 years before there was not a single person who was Christian in Mokama town out of that Hospital cum church boundary. And today there are thousands of locals who are converted to Christian for their greed. Some are working as gardener, swiper, watchman etc in that church. Now their face is clear. They have shut the Hospital. And three more churches have been constructed for the prayers of these converting population.
In today's view Sisters of Mokama was a misfortune for this town and it's culture.
September 2, 2025
I read this for a book club selection. I did not enjoy it. It seemed as if it had potential - young women (sisters) moving from Kentucky to establish a hospital in rural India. But for me, the story never came together. Most of it was based on personal correspondence sent from the sisters in India to their mother house in KY. It felt as if the author just took a topic from a letter, made a chapter from it and then moved on to another letter. Then there would be a back story on some nun's family or some historical occurrence - kind of all over the place. As a result, there was no flow to the book.
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July 15, 2022"In 1946, six nuns from Kentucky arrived in the small northern Indian town of Mokama with plans to found a hospital ... Although the six nuns who began the venture are at the heart of Thottam’s story, she extends equal curiosity and compassion to all the women who passed through Nazareth in its first two decades. The hospital still stands today." — Talya Zax
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December 28, 2022
This book is a fascinating history of six Sisters of Charity nuns from Kentucky who traveled by freighter to India in the late 1940's to build a charity hospital and provide medical care for the underserved people of the town of Mokama and surrounding countryside. This was an extremely difficult time after the Partition when the British gave up India as a territory of the British Empire.
The author, Jyoti Thottam, is the daughter of one of the Indian nurses who were trained at Mokama. Ms. Thottam is a senior editor at The New York Times.
The author, Jyoti Thottam, is the daughter of one of the Indian nurses who were trained at Mokama. Ms. Thottam is a senior editor at The New York Times.
February 7, 2023
. There's a good story in here, but it is surrounded by loads of factual detail.
The author takes time to explain the historical background of the Bihar state locality and the political situation. Other chapters talk about the nuns’ organization in Kentucky, USA. Over halfway, the nuns arrive in Bihar, and begin their work.
I enjoyed the book, but it took perseverance to wade through the back story.
The ebook has a bibliography and more than a hundred of pages of references at the end, mostly citing tiny details in letters.
The author takes time to explain the historical background of the Bihar state locality and the political situation. Other chapters talk about the nuns’ organization in Kentucky, USA. Over halfway, the nuns arrive in Bihar, and begin their work.
I enjoyed the book, but it took perseverance to wade through the back story.
The ebook has a bibliography and more than a hundred of pages of references at the end, mostly citing tiny details in letters.
March 26, 2023
This book was very inspiring to me. The story centers around six brave women nuns who travel to Mokama, Bihar, India, to establish a hospital to care for sick people. The author sets the story amid the Partition era- when India and Pakistan split into separate countries and the post-Independence period- when India released itself from the cloak of British colonial rule. All of the main characters inspired me. They each had a calling to travel half the world to care for the most vulnerable people.
May 24, 2022
I absolutely could not put this book down. These amazing six nuns, who traveled to India to open a hospital, were women that can be admired and praised. While working with the restictions of the Catholic Church, they showed perseverance and great patience. I kept turning the pages looking forward to the next adventure or disaster, which ever the case would be. The author is to be greatly praised for their story and giving me a history lesson that I would never had known.
April 21, 2022
This book was of particular interest to me because I have two great-aunts who were members of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth during this time period. They never went to India as the nuns in this book did but I was very interested to read about the order. One nun in the book was one of only surgeon sisters at that time.
April 28, 2022
Thottam’s book is one of these rare pieces of non-fiction that reads like a novel. The writing is poignant, lively & detailed to the point where I can intimately see, hear and feel what Thottam, her mother and the sisters/nuns from Kentucky experienced in India. I feel like I’m traveling right along with the author. Five stars is just not enough for this amazing boo!
April 30, 2022
An interesting true story about midwestern nuns who move to India to start a hospital in a poor area called Mokama . It was written by the Indian daughter of one of the nurses who worked there. It covers the time from the middle 40’s to now and describes an era that is long gone. The writing sometimes drags on in describing events but the story itself is amazing.
May 7, 2022
A well written account of post partition India, a group of nuns from an order in Kentucky, and the hospital they founded. This well researched book pulls together the turbulent times, economic stresses, social struggles, religious differences, and brings a personal touch to one and all. Good writing, an important story, and an interesting time period reward the reader.
July 5, 2022
Dissappoined. I wanted to read about the nuns experiences with the people of India and what their ailments were and how they treated them with limited supplies. There was very limited info about the nuns interaction with their patients. It was a lot of history of India and partition. Also about each nun's family life from birth until joining the cloister.
June 8, 2022
Sisters of Nazareth and What They Wrought
Fantastic book, rich in detail, compassion, empathy, and joy. The requirement for 11 more words just seems silly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Just completely ridiculous.
Fantastic book, rich in detail, compassion, empathy, and joy. The requirement for 11 more words just seems silly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Just completely ridiculous.
July 15, 2022
Sometimes difficult to keep all the women represented stories straight, as they interweave a lot, but interesting depiction of the difficulties of the work in India and the fulfillment they achieved by sacrificial love.
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