Ruby has reached a point of crisis. Fat and 50, educated only to look after her family, she can see no future. In her imagination she turns to Sister Benedicta. As Ruby starts to tell her everything, it is clear that Ruby has a capacity to love and understand that is far greater than she imagined.
First pub;ished 1979
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'Funny, sad and intensely moving, it is a joy to read from beginning to end' Auberon Waugh
