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Revelations from a Nun in 'Tulip and the Pope'

Fresh Air | By Maureen Corrigan
Published November 3, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

The Tulip and the Pope is the new memoir from Deborah Larsen. The story explores young women on the road to becoming nuns in the 1960s. Larsen's previous work includes the novel The White.

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Maureen Corrigan
Maureen Corrigan is a book critic for Fresh Air.