Other adult books, too, such as “Pippa Passes” and “Coromandel Sea Change” and “Peacock Summer.” I’ve always been interested in India, so I got a lot out of her books.
I first read “In This House of Brede” in the Reader’s Digest Condensed Books sets in my grandparents’ attic in Missouri, where my brother and I would go in the summer. Eventually I became a Catholic, too, and that was definitely an influence.
A great novelist can make quite an impression.
Thanks for sharing.