In Charlotte Wood’s novel “Stone Yard Devotional,” an atheist burrows into herself while staying in a convent, and ...

Charlotte Wood’s novel, a Booker Prize finalist, follows an atheist whose mysterious path led her to live among nuns in a ...

Whether you are looking for another world to disappear into or a way to take a deeper look into the chaos of the world, ...

From here, Wood fast-forwards four years. Her protagonist has turned her back on her job, marriage, and friends and made this convent her fixed abode. Her succession of sacrifices has proved damaging: ...

Award-winning author Charlotte Wood discusses her Booker Prize shortlisted novel Stone Yard Devotional at the Jaipur ...

Books discussed: “Stone Yard Devotional,” by Charlotte Wood “Aflame: Learning From Silence,” by Pico Iyer “Onyx Storm,” by Rebecca Yarros “Gliff,” by Ali Smith “The Dream Hotel ...

Stone Yard Devotional grew from elements of my own life and childhood merging with an entirely invented story about an enclosed religious community. Writing it during pandemic lockdowns ...

And now, as though publishing were operating by steam ship, “Stone Yard Devotional” has finally arrived in the United States. It’s just as extraordinary as the whispers from abroad suggested.