TY - BOOK AU - Dante,Marion TI - Dropping the habit SN - 9781444808872 AV - BX4668.3.D36 D36 2011 U1 - 271.97092 PY - 2011/// CY - Leicester PB - Ulverscroft KW - Ex-nuns KW - Ireland KW - Biography KW - Nuns KW - England KW - Large type books N1 - "Complete and unabridged."; Originally published: Dublin: Poolbeg Press: 2007 N2 - "Marion Dante always knew, that as her mother's 'sin offering', she would be a nun. At the age of fourteen, she entered a convent. Years later, wrestling with doubts and misery, she embarked on the long and terrifying road to freedom. Like a caged bird she clung to her prison bars. Wearing a short skirt, ordering a cup of tea in a cafe, everyday conversation with a stranger, were mountains to climb. More frighteningly, if she dropped the habit, who then would she be? What would remain of Marion Dante if she broke out of her protective shell?"--Page 4 of cover ER -