Bookleave of Absence Book, Literary Novel, Vintage Hardback

Vintage book literature novel
Vera Thorne, who has recently lost her husband to her best friend, takes a leave of absence from her position with a Chicago law firm in order to rethink her life. A trip to Rome, where her teenaged niece is studying, draws Vera back to her Catholic roots and plants the idea that she might become a nun. Only one stumbling block remains—in the eyes of the Church she is still married—but it is a dilemma with no easy solution. Although much of the action in Leave of Absence takes place in Rome, lengthy flashbacks to Chicago fill in family backgrounds and personal histories of all the major players
Vintage condition