Ride On, Sister Vincent

Dyan Sheldon (author)

Walker Books, UK: 1994; 192pp

ISBN: 0744536944

Genres: humour, realistic fiction

Issues: resilience

It is quite possible that Sister Vincent may have met Sister Mary Clarence (of Sister Act fame) in a previous life because Sister Vincent is not your common or garden incense-and-rosary kind of nun.

Rather, she is a mechanic who firmly believes in talking to God on a minute by minute basis. Further, she finds replies in much of what she sees and hears around her. Sister Vincent has done some amazing things with her particular talents, but at the convent school of St Agnes of the Pasture, with a student body of three, Sister Vincent doesn't quite see what it is the Lord thinks she might do here. A discovery in the old barn, however, leads Sister Vincent to conclude that maybe there is still time to kick-start the convent into the twentieth century before the whole thing closes down – or falls down.

A wonderfully humorous tale, appealing to all sorts of readers (including adults) Ride On, Sister Vincent is worth reading aloud. Although not great literature, much can be forgiven a book that carries such endearing and whimsical characters.

Same Author: Harry and Chicken; Harry the Explorer; Tall, Thin and Blonde