The Maid's Tale

Résumé du livre

The Maid's Tale is the story of a priest's housekeeper in the service of the Catholic Church. Its setting is the city of Derry from the late Fifties to the present day - spanning an era when the Church was at the forefront of political change and religious controversy. The story is told by the housekeeper herself, Brigid Keen. She describes her childhood years spent in an orphanage run by the Sisters of Charity, then her girlhood in a convent school. This is followed by a period of growing self-esteem when she becomes housekeeper to Father Patrick Mann. But all is reversed when Father Mann loses his ability to function as a priest and Brigid, in consequence, loses her position.