By the time she published "Silent Spring" in 1963, Rachel Carson had suffered a bout with cancer and the admonishment of friends who tried to convince her that a book on the chemical poisoning of the environment was too depressing for anyone to read. When "Silent Spring" was published, Carson was viciously attacked. Huge sums of money were spent to discredit her. The smear campaign backfired. The book sparked a revolution in government environmental...

A novel of faith and self-discovery follows three women--all of whom join an order of nuns, and then leave--as they each embark on extraordinary journeys to discover their true place in the world.

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