"Sacred Hearts" by Sarah Dunant. ***

• US author
• Originally published in 2008
• Early review addition acquired through BookMooch.com
• Review: This was an interesting piece of historical fiction.  There was a period of time during which large numbers of women were forcibly locked up in convents , against their will, because it was too expensive to marry off more than one daughter.  Additionally,  there was a clamp down on nuns' ability to have contact with the outside world. The happy ending seemed improbable, but otherwise it was a well written story.