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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 The Convent
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'"I woke up with a feeling about today," Stella says dreamily. "Something truly amazing is going to happen." "To us or to the world?" I say. "To you." "To me?" I laugh. "Nothing ever happens to me, Stella." "But today it will." "Will it be good?" She looks thoughtful and then frowns. "I ... I don't know."

'Peach is nineteen and pretty happy with the way things are. She has her university work, two wildly different best friends, her sister, Stella, to look after and a broken heart to mend. But when she takes a summer job at a cafe in the old convent, her idea of who she is takes a sharp turn into the past.

'Where once there were nuns, young girls and women who had fallen on hard times, Peach discovers secrets from three generations of her family. As their stories are revealed, Peach is jolted out of her comfort zone. But does she really want to know who she is?

'Warm and real, intense and provocative, Maureen McCarthy's The Convent shows in vivid detail how fate and the choices we make ripple and reverberate through time.

'A novel to fall in love with.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin.
      Extent: 417p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: October 2012.
      ISBN: 9781742375045 (pbk.)
    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2015 .
      image of person or book cover 3672944754646825303.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 1v.p.
      ISBN: 9781743366691, 1743366698, 9781743318348, 1743318340

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[Review] The Convent Pam Harvey , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 57 no. 1 2013; (p. 31-32)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
Best in Print 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 December 2012; (p. 30)
[Review] The Convent Erin Wamala , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 20 no. 4 2012; (p. 3-4)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
Behind High Walls Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 20 no. 4 2012; (p. 2-3)
[Review] The Convent Carody Culver , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Convent Katharine England , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 27 no. 4 2012; (p. 41)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
Books : Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 6 October 2012; (p. 32)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Convent Carody Culver , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , August/September vol. 92 no. 1 2012; (p. 15)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Convent Erin Wamala , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 20 no. 4 2012; (p. 3-4)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
[Review] The Convent Pam Harvey , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 57 no. 1 2013; (p. 31-32)

— Review of The Convent Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work novel
Behind High Walls Maureen McCarthy , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Summer vol. 20 no. 4 2012; (p. 2-3)
Best in Print 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 15 December 2012; (p. 30)
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