In Pursuit of Kate Corbett

This is a fictionalised but factually based account of the remarkable life of the author's great-grandmother, who was born into post-famine in Dublin, emigrated to the United States in the mid-1880s and returned to become a nun at the age of 57, spending the rest of her life in seclusion in Dorset. It is a well researched and vividly written book that paints a rich picture of life at that time.