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Original Title:	Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy
ISBN:	0829424733 (ISBN13: 9780829424737)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Paris(France)

Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

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Title	:	Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy
Author	:	Rumer Godden
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	February 1st 2007 by Loyola Classics (first published January 1st 1979)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Religion. Christianity. Catholic. Novels

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“Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy is about growth, choice, struggle, and the freedom of the soul that transcends the license of the body. It is about finding sin where we least expect it.”
— Joan Chittister, from the introduction
 
This haunting tale of disgrace and redemption centers on Lise Fanshawe, a prostitute and brothel manager in postwar Paris who, while serving time in prison for killing a man, finds God. Lise is helped by an order of Catholic nuns that includes former prostitutes and prisoners like her. She joins the order and is swept up in an unexpected and fateful encounter with people from her past life. Rumer Godden, author of the masterwork In This House of Brede, tells an inspiring and entirely convincing conversion story that shows how the mercy of God extends to the darkest human places.
 
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A great story of one of the most amazing journeys imaginable. Elizabeth is a young English girl who is an army driver during the liberation of Paris at the end of World War Two. She gets caught up in the celebrations in Paris on her way to her lodgings and her life is changed for ever. She meets Patrice and is completely enthralled by him and believes him to be a gallant man, this turns out to be far from the truth and Elizabeth is brought as low as any woman can be, ending up in a prison that

I didn't think this could be better than In this House of Brede, but it is 10x more powerful and moving.

Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy is a novel but it contains three historical characters: Pere Lataste (who had the idea for the Dominican Third Order of the Congregation of Saint Mary Magdalen in the 1860s), Mere Henri Dominique, and Soeur Noel; and five other characters who have allowed themselves to be portrayed under fictional names. These French Sisters of Bethanie work with women in prison in France as well as with prostitutes, drug addicts, and those who live on the streets. The women are

While Godden's In This House of Brede is touted as her premiere Catholic work of fiction, I find Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy a real "competitor". Part of the fabulous Loyola Classic series, this tale of redemption jumps between brothel, prison and chapel, from pimp to priest, to unravel the engaging saga of Lisa Fanshawe. The mystery of this woman's vocation to younger women winds through combating forces - always with a remarkable compassion that contrasts the suffering of darkness and the

Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy by Rumer GoddenMy rating: 5 of 5 starsIf Elizabeth Fanshawe had not got caught in the celebrations of the Liberation of France her life would never have taken the turn it did. That night caught in the midst of drinking gallons of wine, dancing with thousands of people, jumping in fountains she is rescued by Patrice Ambard, who turns out to be a pimp of a high-class Parisian brothel. She falls in love with him, enamored too by the good things Patrice has to offer,

It's not quite In This House of Brede, but what an interesting slice of religious life from Rumer Godden. This one is about Béthanie, an order of nuns seemingly culled mostly from French prisons. The order's work in the community focuses on imprisoned women, and most if not all of the nuns have spurious pasts--but once they enter the convent, they shed that previous identity. The book follows Lise, who was one of Paris' best-known madams, but who discovers her vocation while serving a jail

Rumer Godden does nuns and the religious life so well that she manages to make this rather sensationalist and melodramatic story entirely convincing and compelling. Theres no doubt that the plot is rather too dramatic and that one or two of the characters are indeed overly evil, but the themes which she tackles here and the convincing portrayal of the sisters themselves far outweigh the novels flaws. Its the story of Lise, a young English woman, who finds herself as an Army driver in Paris on