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Books and Boarding Schools: Christmas Chat with H.S. Cross

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Episode 42 • 17th December 2020 • The Living Church Podcast • The Living Church

Books, coziness, and Anglophilia: what die-hard Anglicans love about Christmas can also teach us about Advent. We talk with novelist H.S. Cross about her books, English boarding schools, suffering, and nostalgia as “edenic longing.”

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Amber D. Noel, M.Div., directs the public-facing programs of The Living Church, including the podcast, events, and the Partner program. Outside of work, she is a writer and enjoys life in Atlanta.

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