Frost in May

Antonia White

Jan 2024 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Kim Bretton

About this audiobook

"Frost in May is the unsurpassed novel of convent school life. This story of a clash between a determined young girl and an authoritarian regime is both perceptive and painfully emotional, convincing in every detail." -Hermione Lee, Observer Nanda Gray, the daughter of a Catholic convert, is nine when she is sent to the Convent of Five Wounds. Quick-witted, resilient, and eager to please, she accepts this closed world where, with all the enthusiasm of the outsider, her desires and passions become only those the school permits. Her only deviation from total obedience is the passionate friendships she makes. Convent life is perfectly captured-the smell of beeswax and incense; the petty cruelties of the nuns; the eccentricities of Nanda's school friends.

About the author

Antonia White (1899-1980) was educated in London at St Paul's and RADA. From 1924 until the Second World War she worked as a journalist. Among many volumes of short stories, fiction and autobiography, White published a celebrated quartet of novels: Frost in May, The Lost Traveller, The Sugar House, and Beyond the Glass.

Kim Bretton is an Audie Award nominee, a Broadway World Award winner, and was voted Best Actress in Nashville by the Nashville Scene. She has narrated over 100 audiobooks to date. Her TV and film credits include Call Red for ITV, Don't Look Back for New Forest Films, and the lead role in the 1990s TV series Mentors.