Kicking the habit

the long version

"At the age of eighteen, Eleanor Stewart goes to France to enter a convent. What makes a fun-loving teenager turn her back on a life of parties, boys, and the fun of the 1960s, to become a nun and then later serve as a midwife in an inner-city Liverpool hospital? While Beatlemania grips the nation, Eleanor struggles to reconcile the reclusive demands of religious life with the drama, excitement, and occasional tragedy of the hospital world. Can she live with the tensions she experiences? Written with honesty and affection, this is a wonderful and intimate portrait of convent and hospital life in 60s Britain"--Cover.