A former nun on why she ran away from her 'Cloistered' life
Catherine Coldstream’s memoir, Cloistered, recounts her 12-year journey as a Carmelite nun in rural England, exploring the spiritual transcendence and psychological toll of a life defined by silence, obedience, and self-denial. Her story reveals the tension between devotion and repressi
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