Once Upon a Convent: A Memoir of a Lesbian Nun - Paperback

by Orice Klaas (Author)

A fifteen-year-old girl enters a convent during an era when nuns wear traditional habits and are physically and emotionally isolated from the rest of the world. In spite of being subjected to a rigid discipline that includes nearly perpetual silence and almost total separation from her family, friends, and fellow community members, she makes the most of her life for nineteen years, until an eventual unexpected sexual awakening forces her to make a choice.

Author Biography

Orice is a former nun and a retired teacher. An active artist, healer, and writer, she is driven by an insatiable appetite for the spiritual. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her partner and two cats