A former nun explains why she ran away from her ‘Cloistered’ life

Catherine Coldstream spent 12 years in a Carmelite monastery. Her new memoir is <em>Cloistered</em>.

After her father died when she was 24, Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery where she lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her new memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun.

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After her father died when she was 24, Catherine Coldstream entered a Carmelite monastery where she lived a life of prayer and obedience for 12 years. Her new memoir is Cloistered: My Years as a Nun.