{"product_id":"hawk-and-the-dove-by-penelope-wilcock","title":"Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Even in the darkest moments of the story, hope tarries in the wings. A wonderful writer, a wonderful read.' Liz Curtis Higgs, New York Times bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully insightful, with a rich historical storyline. There's more substantial content here than in much Christian fiction - about grace, about leadership and loyalty, about humility, about disability and suffering.' FaithfulReader.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hawk And The Dove is the opening title in this a series centred around the fictional Benedictine monastery of St Alcuin's, in Yorkshire, and set in the fourteenth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the start of the first novel Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot, at the age of 45. Father Peregrine, whose name in religion is Columba, is an arrogant, impatient man, a hawk trying hard to be a dove, whose struggles to manifest the character he considers to be expected of an abbot provide much of the narrative.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeregrine is surrounded by a company of flawed, human monks who are - for the most part - also serious about their calling, and who - again for the most part - come to love their driven and hard-driving leader. They lived six centuries ago, yet their struggles are our own-finding our niche; coping with failure; living with impossible people; and discovering that we are the impossible ones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Wilcock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52381139566812,"sku":"16372","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0782\/9949\/6668\/files\/61Tqw2DkzHL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1787872067","url":"https:\/\/www.evermorebooks.co.nz\/products\/hawk-and-the-dove-by-penelope-wilcock","provider":"Evermore Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}