Mystic Tea, Rea Nolan Martin
Mystic Tea, Rea Nolan Martin
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Mystic Tea

Author: Rea Nolan Martin

Narrator: Allyson Johnson

Unabridged: 12 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/18/2018


Synopsis

A community of quirky, mismatched, and endearing women struggle to find meaning and purpose on a ramshackle monastery in upstate New York. Having spent their lives in service to a church that seems to no longer serve them, they are confused about their own futures and the future of the entire monastery. Led by Mike, the practical no-nonsense prioress, and Augusta, the grand ancient mystic hermit, they are joined by Gemma, a self-punishing novice, and Arielle, a firebrand jailhouse conversion who was sent there out of rehab by a "sort of angel." The personalities, commitments, philosophies and beliefs of these and all the characters conflict and converge in ways at once perilous and enlightening. Throughout the tempestuous journey, Augusta's magical sacred teas draw the inevitable closer and closer.

Mystic Tea is a contemporary love story between young and old, franchised and disenfranchised, pedestrian and mystic. Most of all, it is a story of female empowerment as the women find the courage to confront epic challenges, creating a surprising future from the oppressive ashes of the past. It will make you smile as much as it will make you think.

About Rea Nolan Martin

Rea Nolan Martin is the author of three novels: The Sublime Transformation of Vera Wright; Mystic Tea; and The Anesthesia Game; and a collection of inspirational essays, Walking on Water. She is also the author of numerous short stories and poetry published in national literary magazines and anthologies, as well as a founding editor of Inkwell literary magazine.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on January 25, 2014

As diverse a collection of women as I've ever encountered, and nuns, to boot! The richly drawn characters in this book range from an ex-junkie novitiate to an aged prioress who seems part religious and part wizard. Holding them together as the once tranquil world around them frays and crumbles is a......more

Goodreads review by Victor on February 04, 2015

Confessing my prejudice against what might be chick-lit, I somewhat skeptically started into Rea Nolan Martin’s Mystic Tea after seeing it reviewed by a colleague on the Visionary Fiction Alliance website. I was, however, quickly drawn into its quirky world, inhabited by dopers, grumpy nuns, and gen......more

Goodreads review by Stefan on May 19, 2020

Mystic Tea by Rea Nolan Martin is an unexpected story of six eccentric nuns and two novices, who live on a needy monastery that is not much more than a run-down farm. Quote: Two seamstresses, a TV junky, a hermit who creates magical teas and consecrates her own Eucharist, a sickly invalid, a psychot......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 29, 2013

greatly enjoyed this book. excellent character development, unexpected. difficult to put down.......more

Goodreads review by Zahrae on July 06, 2020

I liked this book even if it was a bit slow and that's because it is a character driven story , I usually prefer plot driven stories , when I was reading it I was fully immersed and when I put it down I didn't think about it , I think that is one of the criticism I have : it's not a page turner , bu......more