The dry wood /Caryll Houselander ; with an introduction by Bonnie Lander Johnson and Julia Meszaros.
- Washington, D.C. : The Catholic University of America Press, (c)2022.
- 1 online resource.
- Catholic women writers .
Includes bibliographical references.
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction, by Bonnie Lander Johnson and Julia Meszaros, to the Catholic Women Writers series -- Introduction, by Bonnie Lander Johnson and Julia Meszaros, to The Dry Wood -- The Dry Wood -- 1. A Priest Lies Dead -- 2. In My Father's House -- 3. The Multitude -- 4. A Door Is Open -- 5. A Son Is Born -- 6. Set in the Midst of Them -- 7. The Presbytery -- 8. Saturday Night -- 9. The Water of the Thames -- 10. Rose O'Shane -- 11. Benediction -- 12. Timothy Green -- 13. The Green Leaf -- 14. Solly Lee -- 15. The Catholic Church -- 16. Graven Images -- 17. The Father 18. Dinner with Monsignor Frayne -- 19. The Stations of the Cross -- 20. The Archbishop Dozes -- 21. Magnificat of Martha -- 22. Afar Off -- 23. Mass of the Holy Angels -- 24. Mass for the People of the Parish
"Caryll Houselander (deceased) is a woman author featured in the Catholic Women Series, which re-publishes books by previously well-known Catholic women writers that have fallen out of print. The Dry Wood is a novel set in a post-war London Docklands parish. A story about a motley group of souls mourning the loss of their parish priest. This novel is a profound meditation on the purpose of human suffering"--