cover image The Golden Thread

The Golden Thread

Ann Copeland, An Copeland. Penguin Books, $7.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-14-014415-4

Eleven interwoven tales follow a young nun from her initiation to the convent through her eventual withdrawal during Vatican II. ``These beautifully nuanced stories take the reader into the microcosm of a religious community, as it once was, and make its attraction credible,'' commended PW. (Dec.)