02091cam a2200337 i 4500 2652885928 TxAuBib 20260108120000.0 251125s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781966302056 hardcover 1966302053 hardcover (OCoLC)1518717481 TxAuBib rda Rich Edwards, Janet, Author. Canticle / Janet Rich Edwards. [New York, New York] : Spiegel & Grau, [2025] 368 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A novel"--Cover. "Aleys is sixteen years old and unusual: stubborn, bright, and prone to religious visions. She and her only friend, Finn, a young scholar, have been learning Latin together in secret--but just as she thinks their connection might become something more, everything unravels. When her father promises her in marriage to a merchant she doesn't love, she runs away from home, finding shelter among the beguines, a fiercely independent community of religious women who refuse to answer to the Church. Among these hardworking and strong-willed women, Aleys glimpses for the first time the joys of belonging: a life of song, meaning, and friendship in the markets and along the canals of Bruges. But forces both mystical and political are at work. Illegal translations of scripture, the women's independence, and a sudden rash of miracles all draw the attention of an ambitious bishop--and bring Aleys and those around her into ever-increasing danger, a danger that will push Aleys to a new understanding of love and sacrifice."--Provided by publisher. 20260108. Teenage girls Fiction. Visions Fiction. Secrecy Fiction. Beguines Fiction. Bruges (Belgium) 13th century Fiction. Religious fiction. lcgft Historical fiction. fast